Posted on 01/30/2025 7:00:02 AM PST by dynachrome
The 19th century Ingalls family is getting a 21st century TV life.
Netflix has ordered a Little House on the Prairie series, 40-plus years after a long-running adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved books aired its last episode on NBC. The new version comes from showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, The Vampire Diaries).
“Little House on the Prairie has captured the hearts and imaginations of so many fans around the world, and we’re excited to share its enduring themes of hope and optimism with a fresh take on this iconic story,” said Jinny Howe, vp drama series for Netflix. “Rebecca’s vision threads the needle with an emotional depth that will delight both new and existing fans of this beloved classic.”
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Her later autobiography ‘Prairie Fires’ and interviews she did about it reveal details of her childhood she felt didn’t belong in children’s books. Domestic abuse, alcoholism, shiftlessness, usury violations and abject poverty were all there. ‘Pa’ Ingalls was indeed cheerful and charming but he was also utterly impractical, hopping from one railroad scam scheme to another and dragging his family with, in poverty mostly. They had to leave at least one home in the dead of night, debts unpaid, to avoid prison. One or more homesteads were boldly illegal. Pa worked as a Saloon keeper for one dark period and a drunk molested Laura.
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“The only character I actually thought was real was the little blond spoiled mean girl!...”
“Nellie “ . Her mother seemed authentic to me since she was so much like some of the woman in my dad’s churches.
“That daughter of hers was a real pistol.”
Rose. IIRC, she was a Libertarian activist.
WOW. Never knew any of that!
Is “film noir” necessarily in black and white, or does it merely have to be about a dark subject?
I was thinking it had to be shot in black and white also.
Little Fairy on the Prairie
Exactly. Regietheater and anti-family themes from the staff running it. But what do you expect from Netflix’s ideal to get America hard left into a dictatorship of those who attack wholesome programming?
They are the purveyors of X rated shows.
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