The Stand review: New Stephen King adaptation is too safe to be memorable, but too resonant to be dismissed Had the show retained the novel s pacing, and opted for grief over gore, King s message of humanity s resilience might have carried more weight in these times. Prahlad Srihari December 17, 2020 13:29:06 IST Still from The Stand
Language: English
The Stand opens in a church where frontline workers in PPE kits and N95 masks set about the unpleasant business of disposing dead bodies during a pandemic. It s a scene unnervingly of the moment. While there, one of the workers digs through shelves and drawers in search of DVDs. The world that s left is going to need entertainment, he says, before declaring his ambition to open a drive-in theatre: Put up a big screen, double features on Friday night. Yes, it s all too unnervingly of the moment.