HBO has optioned Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex for a show. That could be really good! Although, a mini-series seems more appropriate for the source material. I’m just worried that if you drag it out too long you’ll lose the thread of searching for identity against a backdrop of national upheaval, and six seasons in, hermaphrodite Turtle will still be arguing with hermaphrodite Johnny Drama about hermaphrodite omelets, or hermaphrodite whatever.

Comments (7)
  1. I give this short post an A+. Lots Of Loved for a long time!

  2. John Adams for Hermaphrodites = John Quincy Adams.

    Yeah, I went there. Deal with it, JQA.

  3. Cannot wait. The book was amazing! Curious about how they’re gonna cast this, though. And yes, agree that a mini series might be the better route, but will be watching anyway. Isn’t Rita Wilson exec. producing?

  4. I sort of hated the ending, so if they never get to it that would be cool.

  5. “Not Hung.”

  6. You know that thing where you’re reading/watching something and you’re not laughing but in your head you’re going ‘wow. that is really funny. really funny.’ That’s what just happened.

  7. Anytime my beloved-for-years reading material becomes optioned by Johnny Turtle Enterprises, it is a BAD WOLF.

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