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- #278: All Together Ooky
With all the love they have for the Addams family unit, we try very hard to find something to love in 2019's animated reboot The Addams Family.
Question of the Week: What did you find redeeming about this film? What would you have liked to see from previous Addams incarnations?
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1 hr 4 min - #277: Is She Real or Not Real?
Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl try to get to the truth of Caging Skies by Christine Leunens while desperately trying to contain their anger at the main character.
Question of the Week: WHAT IS THE TRUTH?! In other words, since we are following an unreliable narrator, what do you think the truth of the situation is in this book? How much do you think Elsa knows by the end (if she is real)?
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1 hr 12 min - #276: The Golden Alethiometer
In this episode, we get into the complexities of the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, Northern Lights aka The Golden Compass.
Question of the Week: What would your daemon be and what does that say about you? Is it the same as your patronus?
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1 hr 9 min - #275: Free as a Goldfinch
Dorin and Kendyl cover the film The Goldfinch (2019), what it focused on from the very long book, how the themes came through, and how the characters were adapted.
Question of the Week: How did the movie's flashback/out-of-order format work for you?
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1 hr 3 min - #274: IT Takes Two
Dorin, Jenn, and Kendyl discuss the character journeys in It Chapter Two (2019), the adult casting, and how the flashbacks worked with the story.
Question of the Week: Which character do you feel had the best journey? Which wasn't done justice?
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1 hr 24 min - #273: Listen to Alaska
Jenn, Jess, and Kendyl dive into the third John Green novel that we've covered on Adaptation, Looking for Alaska. The group talks through the friendships, the pranks, and seeing others fully.
Question of the Week: What do you think happened to Alaska?
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1 hr 10 min - #272: Go Create, Bernadette
Corey and Kendyl are back for the movie adaptation Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (2019), still worrying over the portrayal of mental illness in this story, but also discussing how sympathetic the characters are and how the movie focuses the book themes.
Question of the Week: Do you think that the film successfully portrays that need for a creative outlet or does it do a disservice to conversations about mental health?
"Where'd You Go, Bernadette" and the False Dream That Art Will Fulfill You - The New Yorker
How "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" Handles Mental Health - Refinery29
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1 hr 2 min - #271: Chained to The Goldfinch
Dorin and Kendyl read The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, a 770 page book, and now they are tired. But they have just enough energy left to work through all the feelings that the book gave them in this episode.
Question of the Week: Do you think the Goldfinch dragged Theo down, kept him afloat, or stagnated him?
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1 hr 15 min - #270: Go to Therapy, Bernadette
Corey and Kendyl dive into the novel Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple and have a lot of feelings about recognizing when people need help, romanticizing mental illness, and creative outlets as a "cure" for depression.
Question of the Week: What do you think happens when Bernadette gets back to Seattle? What would you like to happen?
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1 hr 20 min - #269: The Prince of the Pride Lands
Jenn, Corey, and Kendyl get into the remake of a movie that caused many a meltdown in 1995 and in the years since, The Lion King, and all the reasons to love and hate it.
Question of the Week: Where did you land on "Be Prepared"? Disappointing? Different but okay? Better than the original?
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About Adaptation Podcast
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The podcast for in-depth discussion on film adaptations and the original material they're based on.