Book Vs Movie: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong><strong>Book Vs Movie</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Muriel Spark Novel Vs the 1969 Maggie Smith Film</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/250px-Maggiebrodie.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="260" /></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are celebrating September with a series of “Back to School” episodes starting with 1961 classic</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prime_of_Miss_Jean_Brodie_(film)"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Spark">Muriel Spark</a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Brodie is a popular teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1931. Each year she picks a group of students to be an elite part of the “Brodie set”--under her tutelage learning mostly about the arts & beauty (and not science!)</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brodie is single and considers herself at her “prime” with two gentlemen vying for her affection. Mr. Lloyd who is a painter, father of six, and a bit of a letch. Mr. Lowther is a kind person but a bit wishy-washy. The competition for her attention and affection marks their relationships and is a game the girls enjoy watching. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turns out Brodie is a Fascist which is her ultimate undoing. The complicated story about education and mentorship is an indictment on giving one person too much power over a young mind. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 1969 movie was not a huge hit at the time but when</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Smith"><strong>Dame Maggie Smith</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1970, it