the world according to garp according to digital cable

i was flipping through channels, and i came across the world according to garp on hbo. starring robin williams and mary beth hurt. 1982. john irving's satire about an author and his feminist mom.

what? what? that's my favorite book. out of all the books that are my favorite. it's the cream of the cream. did i miss the point somehow? or did john irving change his book that much when he wrote the screenplay? or did some douchebag screw up the tagline (or whatever it is that shows up when one pushes the info button the remote)?

satire? i was not aware. how in hell was it a satire? and, his mom was not feminist! she became a figurehead of the feminist movement, without meaning to. besides, the book was not about his mom, in any way. she was in the book, but that doesn't mean it was about her.

who writes these things? i demand bloody satisfaction.