'The Buccaneers' Creator Katharine Jakeways on Adapting Edith Wharton's Final Novel
Katherine Jakeways tells T&C how she avoided the common tropes—and why they made one big character change from Edith Wharton's original book.
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Katherine Jakeways tells T&C how she avoided the common tropes—and why they made one big character change from Edith Wharton's original book.
Although “The Buccaneers” comes with the literary pedigree of being based on Edith Wharton’s last, unfinished novel, the series so desperately wants to emulate “Bridgerton” that it almost makes your teeth ache, down to the mix of corsets and contemporary music. The result is a mildly watchable Apple TV+ series that proves, to quote Fred Allen, imitation is the sincerest form of streaming, too.
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