Too Many "Christmas Carols"
Looka here — I have verified empirically what we have all sensed instinctively: there are way too many friggin’ versions of Charles Dickens‘ 1843 story A Christmas Carol. It is a powerful affecting tale and a brilliant piece of writing, but familiarity breeds contempt.  I felt there were too many versions THIRTY YEARS ago, yet Tinseltown just keeps plopping […]