Yves Edwards “50 Shades of Grey” has finally made the transition to film after starting life as a “Twilight” fanfic series and then becoming its own bestselling series of novels, filled with mixed metaphors and tales of “sphinx-like smiles” and “thirst-quenching and refreshing orange juice.” While the books were poorly received – once leading Sir Salman Rushdie to say , “I’ve never read anything so badly written that got published. It made ‘Twilight’ look like ‘War and Peace’” – they became a cultural phenomenon, leading to the highly anticipated (by some) Valentine’s Day weekend release date for the film.
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