Anyone watching OLIVER TWIST on PBS?

Trish B · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1110 Location: Mid-Atlantic, USA

2008 was the year of Jane Austen on MASTERPIECE, this year it's Charles Dickens. Is anyone else watching this latest adaptation of OLIVER TWIST? I hadn't planned on watching it as it is not a story I thought I'd enjoy, but there was nothing else on at the time, so I gave it a try. I haven't read the book, but so far I think it's pretty good. The little boy who plays Oliver is just adorable and makes you root for him. Great cast.
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Karen Templeton · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 298

Started it, excellent production, but I've seen so many productions already I can't seem to stay focused.

And yet, oddly, I can watch various adaptations of Austen novels and never get bored. Weird.

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Shar0n · Joined: 18 Feb 2009 Posts: 47

I've never read the novel, and have only caught glimpses of the musical version on TV from time to time. So far, I like this production, but it seems to me that Oliver is somewhat passive in his own story. I mean, except for one initiative in an early scene, Oliver just watched things happen around him and reacted to what happened to him. I cannot help but thinking of another orphan, Annie, who seems to have a more active role in her own story. I have wondered after watching part 1 whether Annie was created as the mirror opposite of Oliver?