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Why TV was the perfect form for Netflix's new 'Lord of the Flies'

In an essay for The Envelope, writer Jack Thorne explains how the medium's 'chapter structure' breathes fresh life into William Golding's classic parable.

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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Why TV was the perfect form for Netflix’s new ‘Lord of the Flies’, In an essay for The Envelope, writer Jack Thorne explains how the medium’s ‘chapter structure’ breathes fresh life into William Golding’s classic parable.

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