Stephen King Defends His Book

But that doesn’t make it so. Kubrick's The Shining is a better movie than King's book is a book. I said what I said. You can say what you want. Free country, and all that. Kubrick's The Shining is a better movie than King's book is a book. I said what I said.

Stephen King responds twice to a tweet arguing that Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a better movie than Stephen King’s novel. The joke is that King’s increasingly restrained replies suggest he is annoyed despite pretending to respect the other person’s opinion, making this a reaction meme for someone who is obviously mad. EN: Stephen King responds twice to a tweet arguing that Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a better movie than Stephen King’s novel. The joke is that King’s increasingly restrained replies suggest he is annoyed despite pretending to respect the other person’s opinion, making this a reaction meme for someone who is obviously mad.

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