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Having studied Lord of the Flies for my GCSE English Literature exam which I will be taking this year I went to the Wolsey with a pretty good idea of the story, which by the way, if you don’t know it is about a load of kids on a plane that crashes on a desert island and they form a civilisation which gets out of control. I highly recommend The Simpsons episode Das Bus if you want some further research. Unfortunately, William Golding’s novel did not include butler monkeys.
Adults acting as small children, at first may raise questions about how believable the characters are. I thought sometimes it did work and sometimes it didn’t; when they are meant to be playing and jumping around like boys do, it’s not so believable when it’s a fully grown man with a voice that makes Darth Vader sound like Mickey Mouse. Having said that, in the darker scenes, when they’re doing tribal dances and yelling at each other, the manliness is quite effective.
If you’ve ever read the book or watched one of the two films, the character you no doubt will be dying to see is Piggy, which I can tell you is performed perfectly by Dominic Doughty, it was exactly how I imagined Piggy in the book, albeit a tad older.
One thing you will definitely notice is the amount of fake smoke they use in the show; frankly I found it annoying and not really necessary. Another questionable point I thought was the ending of the show, which was changed from Golding’s original and in my opinion did not deliver quite the same effect.
However, a good show, that is definitely worth watching if you have either read the book or like myself are studying it at school.
Hugh Millea
Sudbury Upper School
17th March 2009 |