Lord of the Flies (1954) is a classic of English literature. The start of the Wiki page on the book:

“Lord of the Flies is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that led to a descent into savagery. The novel’s themes include morality, leadership, and the tension between civility and chaos.

Lord of the Flies was generally well received and is a popularly assigned book in schools.”

What a tempting book for ideologues to use as a vehicle for anti-masculinity narratives. From the BBC today, First look images for Jack Thorne’s adaptation of Lord of the Flies revealed. The start of the piece:

The BBC and Stan have revealed the first images from a forthcoming adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, adapted and directed for television by multi-BAFTA award winners, writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence, [J4MB emphasis] His Dark Materials, Help, Enola Holmes) and director Marc Munden (The Mark of Cain, National Treasure, Help). Produced by Eleven (Ten Pound Poms, Sex Education) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, the series is a co-production with Stan, who will air the drama in Australia. Sony Pictures Television will distribute the series internationally….

Jack Thorne’s adaptation will be the first for television. Truthful to the original novel – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island – Thorne’s adaptation delves further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.” [J4MB emphasis]

Following the execrable representation of “human nature” – in plain English, masculinity – in Adolescence, we know exactly what to expect in the new series – more of the relentless narrative that males are monsters.

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