![]() He is then enticed into a job working for a white man called Dewitt Albright, who hires Easy for $100, to find a white woman who hangs out in predominantly black bars. In the beginning of the story he loses his job and has no way to pay his mortgage. He owns his own house, has no wife, and kids and is as free as the time period will let him be. He is an all around good guy that revels in his freedom. My memory of the story is even more vivid. I know you’re probably thinking, you can’t expect the same thing from a movie that you get from a book and rightfully so, but I still can’t help comparing them and being disappointed most of the time.Īfter my second reading of Devil in a Blue Dress I was so happy to have reconnected with Easy Rawlins. In spite of the great idea to adapt the book because the story is good, it seems as if all the good points about the book get literally lost in cinematography translation. ![]() Book to movie adaptations never seem to be quite right. ![]()
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