![]() ![]() ![]() The conversation about iconic moments in Stephen King adaptations is a vivid one, from Carrie being covered in blood at the prom to the hobbling scene in Misery, and Doctor Sleep’s contribution to that legacy is the murder of the Baseball Boy. It would have been unnecessary for the adaptation to copy the Stephen King book exactly and trace Abra’s entire life story (including her traumatic vision of September 11th as an infant), but this added bit is a smart add. The extra scene doesn’t really do anything that the birthday party sequence doesn’t also do, which is presumably why Mike Flanagan felt it could be cut, but with the first act being so Dan and Rose heavy, its inclusion in the Doctor Sleep Director’s Cut is welcome. After they tuck the tiny psychic in, David and Lucy hear the same song she was playing downstairs, but after investigating they are surprised to discover that the piano is playing itself a.k.a. ![]() The longer version adds in a scene from the night before the party, and finds Abra playing the piano before her parents come in to tell her that it’s bedtime. In Doctor Sleep’s theatrical cut, Abra’s big entrance comes during her birthday party when she shocks her parents by getting all of the spoons in the kitchen to levitate against the ceiling, but the Director’s Cut shows that episode wasn’t the first time that the young girl freaked out her parents, David and Lucy, with her abilities. ![]() More Of Young Abra Discovering Her Powers ![]()
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