You mean, in the same way Han Solo always has been just Harrison Ford in a leather jacket?

I think the point was that violence against women (see "fridging") is an overused trope that uses the victimization of women as a literary/storytelling shortcut... it's a cheap trick that sacrifices a damsel in distress for the sake of generating pathos for the male protagonist... not that there shouldn't be violence…

It should be noted that King has also said that The Shining is a "good" horror film, but a terrible adaptation of his novel. Because it basically loses all the things he mentioned, especially in the two main characters. Jack's descent into madness is not nearly as effective when you have Jack Nicholson, who looks AND…