Quote Originally Posted by eastgermanautos View Post
My sister adverted to that as well. They leave it out, I understand. But we had a whole discussion of like, fvck, you're an editor of the original novel. Was King so scary in real life that you can't object to this completely absurd and disturbing plot point?
I remember reading it absent-mindedly and suddenly they all start fùcking for no discernible reason or logic. I remember it being genuinely quite shocking.

From the filmmaker's point of view, of course, the fact that it made absolutely no sense probably made it easier, since it could be left out without any disturbance to the narrative whatsoever.