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Stephen King has never made Castle Rock, Maine, sound like a nice place to visit.
(Thats to say nothing of the nearby Shawshank Prison, which has troubles of its own.)
The times have been hard on Castle Rock and its residents.
But theres more at work here.
A run of bad luck, worse judgment, broken promises.
We know different, dont we?
And not Gods either.
The hard-luck look masks a deeper problem.
But Castle Rock hasnt always looked like that, at least not exactly.
Each Castle Rock appearance Stephen King adaptations has been reshaped for the productions own purposes.
The film also depicts it as a place where secrets thrive.
But the Northwests Castle Rock seems very much a sister city to the Maine version found in Kings fiction.
Still thriving as part of Americas post-WWII boom, their hometown looks like a fine place to grow up.
(Played by Sandy Ward, Bannerman also makes an appearance inCujowhere hes mauled to death by the dog.
RIP Sheriff Bannerman.)
Changing times can make the places we love and the people who live there unrecognizable, even repugnant.
