The Stand Review: The CBS All Access Adaptation Captures Stephen King s War of Good vs. Evil
The early episode are slow, but solid Keith Phipps
When
The Stand arrived in bookstores in 1978, few reviewers hailed it as a modern classic. A widely circulated Associated Press review predicted it might merely make some readers sleep, rather than prompt them to sleep with the lights on. UPI was kinder, but condescending, saying it ain t art but it s fun. One of the few unabashedly glowing notices came from Jim Ridley in the Murfeesboro, Tenn.
Morning Press who called it a new American classic. Later an acclaimed film critic and editor for the
How’s this for eerily relatable entertainment: On
The Stand, a nine-episode thriller based on Stephen King’s 1978 bestseller, a deadly global pandemic strikes, dividing Americans.
But this catastrophe makes our real-life virus struggle look puny in comparison. The fictional superflu kills 99 percent of the world’s population, and after the survivors rebuild civilization, opposing factions clash in a deadly battle. Plus, everyone’s having
extremely weird visions.
At least no one’s hoarding toilet paper. “It was very surreal coming to the end of production just as COVID was starting to emerge,” says showrunner Benjamin Cavell. Good thing this tale has a positive message for our time. “It’s about the human conviction to overcome any obstacle,” executive producer Taylor Elmore says. “There’s hope.”
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This week s five topics are:
1. Disney s Investor Day.
Following a tidal wave of news during a
four-hour presentation, Disney hammered home a message that they re all in on streaming (in case you didn t notice). Ten
Star Wars shows. Ten Marvel shows. Plus scores of reboots and remakes for film and TV series. Hulu was there, too, and scored the Kardashians next show normally a huge announcement that felt more like an afterthought. FX delivered an