AdaptationShouldNotGoTooFarFromtheClassics
Inrecentyears,manyclassics,especiallytheFourGreatClassicalNovels,havebeenadaptedinimproperways.Forexamples,inaTVseriesadaptedfromJourneytotheWest,MonkeyKingridiculouslyfallsinlovewithanevilspirit.IthasgonetoofarfromtheoriginalversioninwhichtheuprightMonkeyshowsnomercytoantevilspirit.
Variousreasonsaccountforthisphenomenon.Firstly,readers'oraudiences'preferenceplaysacriticalrole.Inthismarketeconomy,wherethereisdemand,thereissupply.Somanyplaywritersordirectorscaterforthesepeople'sneed.Secondly,someproducerswanttoattractpeopleandmakeprofit.
Tocurbthisphenomenon,Ithinktwomeasuresshouldbetaken.First,it'snecessarytochangethewaypeopletreatclassics.Anadaptedversionthatgoestoofarfromtheoriginaloneisnotmerelydisrespecttotheauthor,butalsomisleadsthereadersortheaudiences.Second,theconcernedauthorityshouldcheckandbanTVseries,videosorbooksthatspoofclassics.