Adapt or Perish

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.

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.

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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Merry Christmas, everyone! In this episode, we discuss Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, 1843.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

• The original novella. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• A Christmas Carol, 1951, starring Alastair Sim. Buy on Amazon.
• A Christmas Carol, 1984, starring George C. Scott. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, starring Michael Caine. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. Make sure to watch "When Love is Gone," the song that was wrongly cut from the film.
• A Christmas Carol, 1999, starring Patrick Stewart. Buy on Amazon.
• Disney's A Christmas Carol, 2009, starring Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

• World Wide Words: Cudiles or cudulles.
• The Muppet Christmas Carol on Frock Flicks.
• Honey Nut Cheerios "Scrooge" commercial.

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In this episode, we discuss Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

We consumed a lot for this episode:

• The original radio series (1978). Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), the first and second books in the inaccurately named Hitchhiker's trilogy. You can purchase them separately, but it's definitely worth owning the complete collection. Buy on iBooks or Amazon.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981). Six-episode series originally broadcast on the BBC. Buy the DVD on Amazon. If you're a fan, this is definitely worth owning on disc.
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Directed by Garth Jennings and starring Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, and Sam Rockwell. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

We also discussed Neil Gaiman's Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988). Buy on Amazon.

Now, do you know where your towel is?

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In this episode, we discuss:

• J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, 1937. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• The Hobbit, produced by Rankin/Bass, 1977. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Hobbit, adapted by Chuck Dixon and Sean Deming, and illustrated by David Wenzel, 1989. Buy on Amazon.
• The Hobbit Trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, 2012–2014:
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, 2013. Part two! Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014. Part three! OMG why part three! Buy or rent on iTunes or Amazon.

I think we can all agree, this is too much Hobbit. We couldn't even bring ourselves to watch the extended edition of The Hobbit Trilogy, it was so much Hobbit.

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In this episode, we discuss:

• Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, 1813. Download on Amazon or iBooks.
• Pride & Prejudice, the 1995 BBC series. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• Pride & Prejudice, directed by Joe Wright, 2005. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

We also mentioned, but didn't view the 1940 film version starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier.

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In this episode we discuss:

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, 1990. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, 1993. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

For a much deeper look into the subtext of the film version of Jurassic Park, please watch Mike Hill's presentation on Vimeo. It's pretty great.

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Our first episode!

In this episode we discuss:

• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, 1908 (novel)
• Anne of Green Gables, starring Megan Follows, 1985 (TV miniseries)
• Anne with an E, starring Amybeth McNulty, 2017 (TV show)

An introduction to Adapt or Perish, a podcast about adaptation.