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A podcast delving into the world of adaptations, hosted by Zoë and Jules!

It's Super Important‪!‬ Jules Pigott & Zoë J. Whittle

    • Arts

A podcast delving into the world of adaptations, hosted by Zoë and Jules!

    Holes

    Holes

    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
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    • 1 hr 50 min
    The Half of It (feat. Nolan)

    The Half of It (feat. Nolan)

    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



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    • 2 hrs 26 min
    Headless

    Headless

    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

    • 3 hrs 2 min
    Hook

    Hook

    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

    • 1 hr 46 min
    Ran (乱)

    Ran (乱)

    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

    • 1 hr 55 min
    Clueless

    Clueless

    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



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    • 1 hr 47 min

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