I wouldn't know. I've never read the book or watched the film. However, we're no strangers to how people sanitize things that become popular or trendy. A movie like First Blood gets turned into a very actiony movie in Rambo: First Blood Part 2. Alien/Aliens, a HORROR franchise, gets toys made for kids under the age of 10 to play with despite the gruesome nature of the movies. Villains get turned into conflicted or tragic characters or redeemed completely. So people that understand the source of something first hand will get the full picture, but once something gets popular, you end up with a lot of people that only know of it second or third hand, and then base their beliefs on the subject on those second or third hand impressions even if they see the source themselves later.Is perhaps the film responsible for some of the misreading do you think?
When something gets popular, we also have a tenancy to try and sand off the edges of it to make it more acceptable to a broader audience. It's a bit like how gameplay can "degrade" as a series goes on in order to speed up the process so it can appeal to more people with less time on their hands.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, this is not an uncommon thing that happens, we are just shocked when we find that it happens with more dark or serious topics. Not sure if that makes sense.
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