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Trying to Adapt

Ben and Nora Schultz

A podcast about the process of adapting books into movies and other mediums. Don't worry, it's fun.

PublishesTwice weeklyEpisodes20Founded7 years ago
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After three more years off the podcast grid, Ben and Nora return with a review of a local theatrical adaptation of the Dickens tale.

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Ben and Nora’s triumphant holiday return to a podcast they basically gave up on about four years ago sees them experiencing Netflix’s new take on the Dickens Christmas tale, as well as two other adaptations they’ve seen in the interim.

Ben and Nora discover that they (okay, he) fucked up the premise of the podcast and have to start from the beginning. Fortunately, this weird little play is waiting for them when they do.

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As we go through the first American adaptation of Victor Hugo’s famous novel, Ben’s computer makes a weird noise and Nora breaks out the discussion questions.

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Ben and Nora read through an English parody play, based on the opera based on the book, where the goat actually gets second billing.

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Victor Hugo just couldn’t leave his first classic novel alone! Ben and Nora explore his very own opera version of “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”, which is really not very good.

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Ben and Nora finally get to the end of Victor Hugo’s first novel and, folks, it’s kind of a downer. Fortunately, we also learn what the book is really about.

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Ben and Nora get into the meat of the matter in the second part of a two-hour exploration of Victor Hugo’s classic novel.

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