Quoting Dave Drum to Ruth Haffly <=-
I thought I might know the book it was based on. But using my Bing
search engine I find that it was made of "whole cloth" by a screen
writer. And the synopsis sounded very "treacle-y". Pass.
William Goldman is multi-talented in the Arts world; among other
things he's a novelist. He wrote the book and then adapted his own
work for the screen. I first encountered his work in 1963 when the
Soldier In The Rain movie first came out. Afterwards I got the book
which he wrote a few years earlier. Some of his screenplays are
first rate stuff in a number of different styles eg. Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid vs. All The President's Men.
He claims to be a novelist anyway. He's no James Clavell, though.
The Princess Bride is far from treacle. It is a medieval fantasy that comes across on two different levels at the same time: kids see it
as a delightful adventure film, adults get the clever parody, the
satire and pick up on a lot of innuendo. It's quirky and funny,
almost campy. A rom-comedy with violence thrown in that is
simultaneously a parody of the same genre.
I got a copy via Kindle Unlimited. What a disappointment. It was hard
to "get into" (see review) and I wound up just skimming TTTT. Wastes
less of my (limited) time left on this whirling spitball.
Books are always better than movies, right? Well I started reading and
quickly realized the first quarter of this book is the author writing
about himself. He talks about how much he hates his life, how he
despises his family, how the world is always unfair, and how great it
would be to have an affair with the beautiful woman by the pool.
When the actual story finally starts, each chapter is interrupted by the author, where he goes on and on for several pages about his opinion on
the characters or he explains why he wrote it a certain way. Honestly,
who shivs a get?
And at the end, when they escape the clutches of Humperdinck and ride
off into the sunset, the author ends it with saying he doesn't believe
in happy endings and life sucks. Pretty uplifting, huh?
It would be so much better if it was just the story.
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Title: Victorian Treacle Tart
Categories: Pies, Pastry, Citrus, Desserts
Yield: 6 servings
6 oz Plain flour
1 1/2 oz Butter
1 1/2 oz Lard
6 ts Cold water
9 tb Golden syrup
9 tb White breadcrumbs
1/2 tb Lemon juice
Put the flour in a bowl, add the fats, cut up in small
pieces, and rub in with the finger tips until the
mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add sufficient cold water to mix to a firm dough.
Roll out the pastry and line a 9" (22.5 cm) deep flan
tin or sandwich tin.
Leave in the refrigerator whilst preparing the filling.
Warm the syrup in a saucepan until runny and stir in the
breadcrumbs.
Leave to stand for 10 minutes or until the crumbs have
absorbed the syrup, then stir in the lemon rind and
juice.
As it is difficult to be accurate when measuring golden
syrup add a little more syrup if the mixture looks too
thick or more breadcrumbs if the mixture appears to be a
little runny.
Pour the filling into the pastry case and bake in the
oven for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375°F/
190°C/gas no. 5 and bake for a further 15 minutes or
until the tart is cooked.
Leave to cool in the tin for a little while and then
serve warm with lots of thick cream or ice cream.
RECIPE FROM:
https://ifood.tv
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