But I think because Eliza and Amy brought something to it that Gillian and myself we felt really strongly about — which is there is this side of Amma that is really loving and is looking for a protector and a champion and a sister — so that we could rest a little bit.
But you know, in the end it is a whodunit, she dun it. To me, the story, you know, is really about this legacy of violence in their family. And Adora, a lot of what Amma does is in reaction to Adora. Probably almost all of it at that age. I think we were really committed to really doing the book justice, and it is a whodunit. You know, this story feels very complete. But there is also just the reality that this is a tough team to assemble and I think it would be pretty impossible to do it again laughs.
And while Noxon and Flynn worked closely together on the TV adaptation starring Amy Adams, there are a few key differences that were made to take the story from the page to the small screen. Here, Noxon broke down a few of them for TheWrap. Spoilers abound, obviously. Viewers of the TV adaptation find out Camille Amy Adams is a cutter, who has marks covering nearly her whole body at the end of the premiere episode -- but it takes readers about 60 pages to get to that revelation.
In the novel, Amma is only 13 years old, though the actress who plays her, Eliza Scanlen, is 19 in real life. Showrunner Marti Noxon said that the decision to age Amma up was in part to make sure viewers wouldn't be distracted by her youth. She continued to say that their goal was to age her "only about a year older, 14 maybe nearing 15?
But we just wanted to age her up a tiny bit because of some of the parts in the book that are you know -- visually it's different to see it than to read it, we might even age her up in your head a little bit. She added that part of why Amma's age is never explicitly mentioned in the show is "because those teen years where girls are somewhere between womanhood and childhood are so different for every girl.
And depending on her emotional and physical maturity, you can imagine something for a girl who looks a certain age and not with others. You know, it would take the focus and put it on a whole different thing. I address that at the very end, if you want to jump to that part or make it that far. Sharp Objects ends in a cool, memorable way. Initially, viewers might be blown away by how Sharp Objects reveals Amma was the murderer all along. What happens next?! That lack of closure bothered me for a few days.
Then I figured it out. The show actually told us what will happen next, you just might not realize it. One of the major themes of Sharp Objects is the notion history repeats itself. Especially in Wind Gap. There are a few major signs of this. One quick and easy example is how the show opens with a young Camille rolling skating around town.
Another easy example is the Calhoun Day celebration. The town continues to honor a Civil War-era event where one Millie Calhoun refused to give up the whereabouts of her husband to Union soldiers. Even under violent torture. The fact that this gruesome event is not only honored year after year but that high school teens perform a theatrical version is just a little disturbing and points to the ethos of Wind Gap. Like Camille having sister-figures die. As a teenager, it was her half-sister, Marian, who passed away.
As an adult, it was Alice, the roommate and sister-figure Camille had while in the psychiatric hospital. A mixture of fear and longing that causes the older sister to ignore so many warning signs. And of course, the plot builds to a climax where Adora may poison Amma—the same way she poisoned Marian many years ago.
Except, this time, Camille is around to stop it. The first tidbit comes from Alan. Henry Czerny. It was pure paranoia. Later, Adora talks about the cruelty of her mother. Telling of a time when the mother walked Adora, still a child, deep into the woods and left her there. It took days of wandering to make it back. And we see Adora repeat this same behavior with Camille, Marian, and Amma.
Giving too much attention or none at all. Tender then brutal. Tender and brutal. In Sharp Objects, two little girls are strangled to death and then mutilated—but their murderer gets the last laugh.
But Sharp Objects the show is almost afraid to dim her shine, even if her shine is covered in blood. Oddly, the show is more interested in the image of a triumphant Amma than in seeing her confront her demons.
In context, the paragraph actually does attempt to wrap up the story of Camille, Amma, Adora, and Wind Gap. In the book, Camille goes after the one unmarked area of skin on her body with a kitchen knife. In the series, Camille is left on the precipice of unfurling trauma. Sharp Objects threw itself into the depths of female trauma, exploring history, memory, motherhood, sexuality, and the strangely difficult act of nurturing oneself.
This should go without saying, but spoilers for Sharp Objects to follow! Louis, Missouri, working as a journalist and avoiding her past as much as possible.
However, that plan hits a snag when her boss and mentor, Frank Curry Miguel Sandoval , orders her to return to her hometown of Wind Gap to investigate the brutal murders of several young girls that recently occurred in the small, claustrophobic town. Reluctantly, Camille returns, and along the way, she experiences flashbacks to her traumatic childhood with her mother, Adora Preaker Patricia Clarkson , as well as the death of her sister, Marian Lulu Wilson.
During her interactions with Adora, Camille must also grapple with her spirited, younger half-sister, Amma Eliza Scanlen , who acts like Adora's ideal daughter during the day and sneaks out at night. With that said, Camille has a "secret weapon" up her sleeve — alcohol.
A barely functioning alcoholic, Camille uses booze to make it through each day, stashing vodka in her car and in her luggage to make sure she can survive any time in Wind Gap, especially under such macabre circumstances.
But as she investigates a series of gruesome murders, Camille falls further into the bottle, depending on alcohol to get by to a dangerous degree. When Camille first arrives in Wind Gap, one young girl, year-old Ann Nash, is confirmed dead, while year-old Natalie Keene has been missing for days.
After attending a party and meeting Detective Richard Willis Chris Messina , who's investigating Nash's murder and Keene's disappearance, she also speaks to Ann's father, Bob Will Chase , to ask him about his daughter's tragic death. Along the way, Natalie's brother, John Taylor John Smith , also presents himself as a possible suspect. However, before too long, Natalie Keene reappears Despite the fact that Natalie has been missing for days, her dead body suddenly shows up right near Wind Gap's police station, left in a pose and, in a gruesome touch, missing all of her teeth.
However, this presents an odd discrepancy. While Ann's body was found in Wind Gap's adjoining woods, Natalie's was presented for the entire town to see, making the killer's motive and style much more difficult to pin down as Camille and the police try to investigate.
In the midst of all of this, Camille has to deal with her own demons, including her addiction issues and her childhood traumas in Wind Gap. At the end of the first episode, viewers realize that along with her alcoholism and obvious post-traumatic stress disorder, Camille has a much more visible problem. For years, she's been carving words that trigger her into her body, including "vanish," "cherry," and "fornicate.
Beyond that, Camille also spent time in a mental institution, both as a teenager and in her adulthood, and her time there as a teen proved to be incredibly upsetting.
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