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symbols that are different in the story vs the movie
Front-Ranger:
Could'a been Scott. Or almost anything else. It was a terribly dissonate song whatever it was. Maybe one of those old Pentacostal dirges that his mother sang. To me, it sounded a little bit like "Midnight Rider."
nakymaton:
--- Quote from: goadra on September 15, 2006, 09:40:24 am ---“Peanuts are not nuts, they are beans.” In the film, Junior literally ‘spills the beans’ in the grocery store; her mother does the same (figuratively) on Thanksgiving.
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And it just struck me that coffee is made from beans.
"Texans don't drink coffee?"
"No more beans."
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: moremojo on September 14, 2006, 04:23:56 pm ---My sense of fun must be pretty impoverished, because I could definitely see that being a "high-time supper" for me. Simple, wholesome taste, and filling. . . .the implication in this one instance is that the other boy's presence made this event "a high-time supper" for our respective heroes.
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Ah, they should have had Fiorella's Jack Stack beans from Kansas City. Those are good enough that my mom has featured them at Christmas dinner more than once. ;)
Front-Ranger:
Life, BBM, and BetterMost are all converging!! Here's proof: my account of the making of Bean Soup after meeting lauragigs:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=4302.msg88332#msg88332
And this weekend, my son was eating a bowl of it, and wondering why I suddenly rushed over and hugged him--it was because he was going "mmm-hmmm" just like Ennis with his can of beans in the movie!!
Front-Ranger:
Are beans the symbol that is most different in the movie than in the book? I would have thought it would be something more visual, like pickup trucks or horses.
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