{
  "id": 12600488,
  "title": "Why Netflix's East Of Eden Made Florence Pugh's Cathy The Central Character",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/why-netflixs-east-of-eden-made-florence-pughs-cathy-the-central",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T09:41:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2279721/florence-pugh-cathy-netflix-east-of-eden-central-character-explained/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Netflix's East of Eden takes a significant departure from John Steinbeck's novel by making Cathy Ames the protagonist. So, why did the show make this change?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}