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Today we're diving into So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow, a really interesting re-imagining of Little Women! Find us on Twitter and Instagram!

Every millennial/early gen Z kid grew up reading Holes. And a lot of us have very fond memories of Holes the movie. Is Holes the best book-to-movie adaptation ever made? Not to spoil it, but yeah, probably. 0:00 Intro 11:22 Holes 1:43:21 Adaptations to look out for Follow us on Twitter and Instagram!

Our first repeat source material! Today we're looking at The Half of It, Alice Wu's 2020 queer coming-of-age adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac. And we're joined by Zoë's friend Nolan! Good times! 0:00 Intro 5:42 The Half of It 2:12:49 An apology 2:13:55 Adaptations to look out for Find us on Twitter and Instagram!

Let's go back to our roots! Today we're reviewing Headless, Shipwrecked Comedy's adaptation of/riff on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Does the series work in conversation with the source material? How many cameos can you fit into one show? Only one way to find out! Intro 0:00 Headless 8:35 2:37:33 Adaptations to look out for

What if Peter Pan grew up? According to Steven Spielberg, he'd be a really bad father. But who cares? Rufio is here! Hook is an extremely divisive movie, so let's get into it. 0:00 Intro 12:09 Hook 1:33:22 Adaptations to look out for

King Lear set in Sengoku-period Japan? Sounds good to me! This episode's about Akira Kurosawa's Ran from 1985. Spoilers: it's good. And Jules and Zoë had a great time talking about it! Timestamps 0:00 Intro 5:39 Ran 1:24:04 We briefly turn into two Martin Scorseses 1:31:31 Adaptations to look out for

This time we're talking about Clueless from 1995, one of the most well-known modern adaptations of a classic novel. Jane Austen's Emma is always a difficult story to tackle, so let's see Clueless' take! TIMECODES 0:00 Intro 3:25 Clueless 1:38:00 Adaptations to look out for Follow us on ⁠⁠Xwitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠!

Guess who's back?! This time we're talking about Wide Sargasso Sea, the 1966 prequel to Jane Eyre by Jean Rhys. When you hear about feminist responses to classic literature, this is one of the first that comes up. But did it meet our expectations? I don't know! We say in the episode! Trigger warning for discussions of domestic/spousal abuse, as that's one of the main themes of the book. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro and Podcast Wrapped 03:58 Wide Sargasso Sea 56:17 Adaptations to look out for Follow us on ⁠Xwitter⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠!

Can you adapt a Twitter thread into a movie? If the thread is about a story this wild, absolutely! Today we're talking about the movie Zola from 2020, an adaptation of the 2015 Twitter thread made by Aziah King. Note: Jules misremembered her name as Aziah Wells, sorry about that! Other note: trigger warnings for sexual abuse, self harm, suicide. It's a lot. Follow us on Xwitter and Instagram!

We’re heading back to Gail Carson Levine’s fairytale world with the Snow White adaptation “Fairest,” the follow up to “Ella Enchanted.” How does it compare to those other stories? How does it improve on them? Is Oochoo the best dog? Let’s discuss in our longest episode yet! Follow us on Xwitter and Instagram, and Jules' Bluesky!