Sheep magazine Archive 3: issues 18-24

Another way Hyman’s contemporary visual interpretation of “The Lottery”
is significant is that it presents the community as an entirely white one.
Readers of the original story could have easily inferred this, but Hyman’s
retelling confirms it. So while Jackson’s allegory offers layered warnings
about the dangers of historically justified closed-mindedness and mob
behavior — which, throughout time, has fueled violence against specific
groups based on identity— at surface level, it uses a homogenous
community to play out its point to its absurd, barbaric conclusion.
Hyman’s adaptation is a strong effort to retain the original tale’s sparse
horror while making the most of its compelling visual possibilities.
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Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” by Myles Hyman is now available from Hill
and Wang.
This review taken from hyperallergic.com
I have bought this book: powerful images; thought provoking storyline.
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