In Each Retelling

Send us Fan Mail July is Gatsby Month, because what better way to celebrate America's birthday than discussing the novel about the futility of the American Dream? We begin with the Baz Luhrmann directed, Leonardo DiCaprio starring 2013 adaptation to ask the question if all the bombast and heightened reality obscures the very point of that one novel most people seemed to actually enjoy reading...

Send us Fan Mail We end our Pride Month selection with a sequel to Romeo and Juliet in which instead of dying, Juliet became a vampire, and goes on to find love with another woman centuries later in beautiful Santorini, Greece! What could possibly go wrong??? As it turns out, quite a lot. Here we discuss the somewhat disappointing With a Kiss I Die, including the perils of blowing your budget on a...

Send us Fan Mail This time it's just Shamila and Jasmine, and that's not all that's different about this episode. Here we discuss a lesser known work by Nella Larsen, and the recent film adaptation starring Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson. Settle down with a nice drink and some jazz music as we discuss all the various ways the characters couldn't live authentically, how this stor...

Send us Fan Mail It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is Pride Month (and that we will make this joke more than once), and therefore we cover a version of Pride and Prejudice that stars gay Asian men, discussing the ways it keeps Austen's tradition of rom coms with social commentary alive, what makes a believable Lizzie/Darcy romance, and why the hell Will keeps throwing away his ic...

Send us Fan Mail Much like a Disney sequel, we return to address the recently released remake, finding ourselves stunned to discover it's...good?? Great even???  Here you'll find fangirling over the improved love story, comparisons not only to the animated feature, but to the Broadway musical and the original fairytale, and discussions on Disney's past, present, and future offerings...

Send us Fan Mail Once upon a time, the 1990s to be precise, there was a little girl who saw a particular movie, and fell in love with not just the little mermaid, but storytelling in general. As the girl grew up, she became fascinated by all the various ways old stories were made new in their retelling, and so, with some beloved friends, she decided to create a podcast where they explored retellin...