![]() ![]() I don’t know if she finished writing before 3 September 1939, the day Great Britain and France declared war upon Germany. It was published in November of 1940 which means (due to the enormous lag between writing and publishing) that Agatha wrote it well before the Blitz began. Where the novel gets really interesting is in the politics. This mistake is even more glaring in the film. ![]() That plot point never got explained, by the way. ![]() One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a complex novel, and not merely because of a convoluted plot involving accidents of fate and knowing which dentist a stranger would visit. Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press.Īlso, follow Teresa’s discussion of these movies on her podcast. I’m also very unsure about that opening sequence: It’s atmospheric, creepy, explains the nursery rhyme to everyone who’s forgotten it, and reveals too much. Teresa reviews “One Two Buckle My Shoe” (1992) and finds the unfortunate opening spoils an otherwise faithful adaptation.ĭropped characters to streamline the text for film, a minor adjustment in date, and a very different opening that reveals critical aspects of the plot. ![]()
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