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Monday, 17 February 2025

Young Werther (2024)


The Sorrows of Young Werther was a 1774 text by Goethe based on my life. What would it look like as a modern reinterpretation? Unfortunately, this piece of shit. It reshapes the tragic story as an incredibly lame and conventional rom-com about a self-involved Lothario who has his eyes on a woman who is already engaged to the "perfect" guy. I had often thought about penning this adaptation, but getting the actual characterization right. As the quintessential novel about unrequited love, they completely botched it from start to finish.

1 linden tree that smells like lukewarm ejaculate out of 5

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