Christian’s flashbacks are manipulative garbage. So what does that make the inevitable slew of Grey-inspired fan-fiction?ģ. James re-writing her own story from another voice, then it’s fan-fiction about fan-fiction, or perhaps double-meta fan-fiction. If Fifty Shades of Grey is Twilight fan-fiction, and Grey is E.L. “Found poetry” composed entirely from Christian Grey’s self-admonitions: It’s a heady concoction of derivative trash, derivative porn, and self-plagiarism (just kidding, I swear!), which demands a review in seven parts, in several genres.ġ. Yet the major sex scenes are the same, except you know, with the perspectives reversed - and the lengthy email exchanges and contract negotiations are almost exactly the same. They have been replaced by an occasional “ Hell.” Or “ fuck.” Or “ good girl.” Which is what Christian’s inner, um, Adonis, I guess, has to say for himself. So that means Anastasia’s inner goddess is gone, as are all the “holy cow!”s. After all, Grey tells the exact same story as Fifty Shades of Grey, but with Christian as the narrator. James’ alternate-point-of-view Fifty Shades of Grey in a straightforward manner.
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