How It Compares to Double Happiness Double Happiness is culturally symbolic and widely available
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Their hard work paid off and now children of all ages can enjoy plants and trees native to the area
everything becomes non-defined"): To mescaline, ("colors melt into each other, flares with no sources, play with color temperatures"), and of course, acid: The fidelity with which the filmmakers approached the chemically-altered consciousness of the characters does point out an issue that the film has: The drugged states described in the novel almost demand cinematic treatment in an adaptation, and while they get it, they aren't used in furtherance of much of a story, for the simple reason that while Fear and Loathing has a surfeit of incident, what it doesn't have is much of is a "story" (i.e., there is very little character growth/change etc.) And yet, for a film without a story, there is almost wall-to-wall narration
For young creators, this sets a dangerous precedent