I read "The Good Earth" when I was 15 and howled my eyes out. When Wang Lung took Lotus as Wife No 2, I could have killed him. O-Lan was the true hero. And never once did I get the impression from Pearl Buck that the Chinese needed to be Westernised, seeing that we were still in the early parts of the industrial revolution ourselves, AND had more than our share of silly superstitions!
I read "The Good Earth" when I was 15 and howled my eyes out. When Wang Lung took Lotus as Wife No 2, I could have killed him. O-Lan was the true hero. And never once did I get the impression from Pearl Buck that the Chinese needed to be Westernised, seeing that we were still in the early parts of the industrial revolution ourselves, AND had more than our share of silly superstitions!
coralarch 1 year ago
Thanks, I missed the commentary to THE GOOD EARTH. I love the film as Luise Rainer's performance.
goofyruffalo 3 years ago