TV hit Yellowjackets is a thrilling, chilling tale of female survivalism

Details: Category: Entertainment; Published Saturday, January 15, 2022; CBC News

Not many hit TV shows are inspired by the comments section of news articles.

Showtime's Yellowjackets was conceived in 2017 when its creator saw that an all-girls remake of Lord of the Flies was being roundly mocked on the internet, with many doubting that girls would devolve into barbarism like the schoolboy characters of William Golding's 1954 novel.

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