OK so I'm already working on a retelling of Oliver Twist set in the 22nd century but earlier I also had an idea for a modern-ish retelling with Holocaust themes where Fagin turned out to be a Polish Holocaust survivor explaining his compulsive hoarding (food, random scraps of paper, cash). There was even a whole subplot where Oliver and the Dodger saw his number tattoo and gradually realised what exactly had happened to him. Alternatively, I also thought of a version actually set during WWII where both Oliver and Fagin were Jewish. Oliver was a Kindertransport child transported from an Eastern European orphanage to a British one, and Fagin was one of the few refugees actually let into Britain.
So assuming I was going to go back to the Fagin-as-Holocaust-survivor idea after finishing this one, how would it work out? Is it something posters on here might like to read? (Basically following the novel except for Fagin's personality and hanging rather than the musical.) I might actually go back to it after a while...
OK so I'm already working on a retelling of Oliver Twist set in the 22nd century but earlier I also had an idea for a modern-ish retelling with Holocaust themes where Fagin turned out to be a Polish Holocaust survivor explaining his compulsive hoarding (food, random scraps of paper, cash). There was even a whole subplot where Oliver and the Dodger saw his number tattoo and gradually realised what exactly had happened to him. Alternatively, I also thought of a version actually set during WWII where both Oliver and Fagin were Jewish. Oliver was a Kindertransport child transported from an Eastern European orphanage to a British one, and Fagin was one of the few refugees actually let into Britain.
So assuming I was going to go back to the Fagin-as-Holocaust-survivor idea after finishing this one, how would it work out? Is it something posters on here might like to read? (Basically following the novel except for Fagin's personality and hanging rather than the musical.) I might actually go back to it after a while...
edited 5th Dec '13 4:52:39 AM by MorwenEdhelwen
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