HeyJaredThe Maladapted Book Review Podcast
A podcast where we examine book-to-screen adaptations and the memoirs of the maladapted people who bring them to life. maladaptedbookreview.substack.com
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A Maladapted Look at The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson and Robert Fagles (opens the original)
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The Odyssey was a surprisingly quick read and lacked real emotional depth and description despite being over 500 pages… We learned that Odysseus is a dick, but high schoolers think he’s the man, Telemachus is a pathetic loser, Penelope’s greatest enemy is her son, and the goddesses run the show, despite all the men thinking they do. Adaptation-wise, Christopher Nolan’s film was good when there was no dialogue, and we loved Madeline Miller’s Circe and Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad. Theme song: Con
A Maladapted Look at Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe (opens the original)
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In this episode, I discuss Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe and its Apple TV adaptation, directed by David E. Kelley and starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman, Nicole Kidman, and Marcia Gay Harden. Both versions take a saccharine look at a teen mom who turns to OnlyFans to support herself and her newborn. They breeze over the economic realities of single parenthood in America and the true nature of online sex work. What seems at first like an easy read and fast-paced,
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