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**Adapt or Perish**

Whether it’s stage to screen, book to television, comic to blockbuster, or movie to musical and back again, this podcast leaves no adaptation unturned.

Latest Episodes:

The Giver (Ep. 16) May 08, 2018

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This week, we discuss Lois Lowry's The Giver!

In this episode, we read and watched:

The original novel, originally published in 1993. Buy it on Amazon or iBooks.
The 2014 movie, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, and Jeff Bridges. Watch it on Amazon or iTunes.

Footnotes:

The Island (2005)
The Weinstein Company
Walden Media
"I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
Screenwriters Robert B. Weide and Michael Mitnick
Pleasantville (1998)
Stellar Skateboard
The Giver panel at San Diego Comic Con 2014
The Giver trailer on YouTube
Baraka and Samsara

Murder on the Orient Express (Ep. 15) Apr 24, 2018

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This week, we discuss Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express!

In this episode, we read and watched:

Agatha Christie's novel, originally published in 1934. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
The 1974 movie, directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
The 2001 made-for-television movie, starring Alfred Molina. Watch on YouTube (we literally couldn't find it anywhere else).
The 2010 feature-length episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet. Buy on iTunes.
The 2017 movie, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

Clue
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
"It's the Juice! Run, OJ, run!"
Gosford Park
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Arthur, starring John Gielgud as a butler
Ranking Every Episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot
The original trailer for Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express
Michael Green, screenwriter of the 2017 Murder on the Orient Express and Logan

The Princess Bride (Ep. 14) Apr 10, 2018

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This week, we discuss William Goldman's The Princess Bride!

In this episode, we read and watched:

William Goldman's original novel, The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure (The "Good Parts" Edition), originally published in 1973. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
The 1987 movie, directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Wallace Shawn, Chris Sarandon, and Christopher Guest. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Ep. 13) Mar 27, 2018

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This week, in our first installment on the character of Sherlock Holmes, we're discussing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles.

In this episode, we read and watched:

Doyle's original novel, published in 1902. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
The 1939 film version, starring Basil Rathbone. Buy on Amazon.
The 1959 Hammer Film production, starring Peter Cushing. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
The 1982 TV version, starring Tom Baker, originally airing on the BBC. Stream it on BritBox.
The 1983 made-for-television version, starring Ian Richardson. Buy on Amazon.
The 1988 episode of Sherlock Holmes, starring Jeremy Brett in his second of four series as the character. Buy on Amazon or stream it on BritBox.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

Tom Baker's tenure as the fourth Doctor Who.
Upstairs Downstairs
To Be or Not to Be, starring Jack Benny and Carole Lombard.
LibriVox and their dramatic reading of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Arielle Lipshaw.

The Godfather (Ep. 12) Mar 13, 2018

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This week, we discuss Mario Puzo's The Godfather.

In this episode we read, watched, and played:

Mario Puzo's original novel, published in 1969.
Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation, starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Jimmy Caan, and Bobby Duvall.
The Godfather: The Game, published by Electronic Arts in 2006.

We had a special appearance this week by our friend Dom Mahoney, one of the hosts of Not Another Gaming Podcast from Wicked Good Gaming. He's a great guy! If you're into gaming, you should give it a listen!

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

The AFI Top 100 movies
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Season 5, Episode 11: The Favor. Watch on Hulu or buy on iTunes.
Is Abe Vigoda Dead?
Monster Factory
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

The Fault in Our Stars (Ep. 11) Feb 27, 2018

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This week, we discuss John Green's The Fault in Our Stars.

In this episode we read and watched:

John Green's original novel, published in 2012.
The Fault in Our Stars, the 2014 film directed by Josh Boone, starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern, and Willem Dafoe.

Some of the stuff we talked about this episode:

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Children of Men (Ep. 10) Feb 13, 2018

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This week, we discuss P.D. James' The Children of Men.

In this episode we read and watched:

P.D. James' original novel, published in 1992.
Children of Men, the 2006 movie directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, and Claire-Hope Ashitey.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James' sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Later adapted in the 2013 BBC miniseries of the same name.
The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's 2013 PlayStation game.

The Handmaid's Tale (Ep. 9) Jan 30, 2018

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This week, we discuss Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

In this episode, we read and watched:

Margaret Atwood's original novel, published in 1985. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
The Handmaid's Tale (1990), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, written by Harold Pinter, starring Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall, and Faye Dunaway. Watch on Amazon or iTunes.
The Handmaid's Tale (2017), the first season of the Hulu original, starring Elizabeth Moss. Watch with a Hulu subscription or buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

That one very negative review of the film and the book, written by Owen Gleiberman, published in Entertainment Weekly in 1990.
The 2012 audiobook, read by Claire Danes. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
"Sending a Man to Do a Woman's Job: How the 1990 Handmaid's Tale Film Became an Erotic Thriller," by Natalie Zutter, from Tor.com.
"One Reason The Handmaid's Tale Won Emmys Best Drama," from The Nerdwriter. Here's a link to his YouTube channel.

Fun Home (Ep. 8) Jan 16, 2018

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This week, we discuss Alison Bechdel's Fun Home!

In this episode we read, listened to, and watched:

The original comic, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, 2006. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
Fun Home (A New Broadway Musical), adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, 2013. Soundtrack available on iTunes or Amazon.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

The Bechdel Test.
Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel.
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel.
The 2016–2017 Fun Home national touring company.
Ring of Keys, performed by Sydney Lucas at the 2015 Tony Awards.

Little Women (Ep. 7) Jan 02, 2018

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Happy New Year, everybody! In this episode, we discuss Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, 1868.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

The original novel. Download on Amazon or iBooks.
Little Women, 1933, starring Katharine Hepburn. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
Little Women, 1949, starring June Allyson. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
Little Women, 1980, produced by Toei Animation. Watch on YouTube.
Little Women, 1994, starring Winona Ryder. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

Orchard House, Concord, MA.
That creepy picture of June Allyson, from Too Young to Kiss, 1951. She's 34 in this picture.
We didn't watch the 1978 miniseries, but just to give you a taste, here's a little bit of William Shatner's German accent.

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