Katie Bernet's "Beth Is Dead," the movie

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Beth Is Dead is a modern reimagining of Little Women as a mystery-thriller in which Beth March is found murdered in chapter one.

Naturally, I’d melt into a puddle if Greta Gerwig directed the film adaptation. Her adaptation of Little Women reinvigorated my love for Louisa May Alcott’s classic, but I’ve been a Greta stan since the days of Francis Ha and Lady Bird. I’d flip to see her take on a mystery-thriller, and I can hardly imagine the fun of cozying up to her versions of Little Women and Beth Is Dead back to back to back forevermore.

Beth Is Dead is written from the alternating perspectives of all four March sisters—including Beth in flashback, so we’ll start by dream-casting the girls. They’re not redheads in the novel, but I think this redheaded quartet would do a fantastic job of modernizing the characters.

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