TV review: Hulu's LookingForAlaska
With their winsome-but-appealing ensembles, pages of quippy dialogue and clear and emotionally heightened stakes, John Green's books are speedy page-turners even by YA standards. Chances are good, in fact, that the total time required to read Green's 2005 tomewill be less than the eight hours it takes to watch Josh Schwartz's Hulu adaptation.
Miles, quickly and ironically nicknamed "Pudge," finds a circle of prank-loving friends at Culver, including roommate Chip , whom everybody calls "The Colonel," and Takumi , who would apparently have required a far longer miniseries to emerge as well-rounded. Towering over everything is the shimmering Alaska, a quirky, alluring enigma defined by her collection of unread books and a love of smoking.
, and although the property passed through a variety of hands and formats in the intervening decade-plus, this is the right way for it to finally make it to the screen. Schwartz's reverence for the book is evident and expanded or invented scenes maintain a practically shared voice, representing Green and Schwartz's compatible blend of pop-culture-savvy snark and aching earnestness.
The expansion of the story aids in the building of the overall world, especially with supporting characters. As played by Love, The Colonel comes dangerously close to turning into the protagonist; the actor builds the character's chip-on-the-shoulder prickliness into a real personality and makes his love/hate relationship with Sara unexpectedly emotional.
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