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Can I point out that one of the worst offenses I've EVER seen, Oliver... IS from a King adaptation? I usually understand because his books have a lot of content and need to be streamlined... But...

In the TV movie adaptation The Stand, they MERGED RITA BLAKEMOOR WITH NADINE! I will never be able to get my head around it.

Rita is an essential part of the character development of Larry and has to be what she is; anxious, a liability, and someone he sees as a burden. His character arc makes no sense without his guilt over Rita.

Nadine is an essential part of the entire plot and CANNOT be any of those things? And, above and beyond that, she's ALSO a huge part of Larry's arc, and his initial experience with Rita is a huge element of his relationship with Nadine, and it doesn't work for a second if he sees Nadine in the same way he saw Rita.

They made her into one person.

Baffling and infuriating for anyone who knows the book well.