Of Slippers and Spindles - Fairy Tale Retellings and Adaptations in Books, Film, and Theatre
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Ep. 104: Gilded & Cursed by Marissa Meyer
30 november 2022 · 2 uur 18 min
For our final week of Rumpelstiltskin Month, Drew and Cassie are delighted to be joined by Bethanie from Prince Kai Fan Pod to discuss Gilded and Cursed, the recently-completed YA duology by Marissa Meyer. This duology centers around Serilda, the daughter of a miller who was blessed by the god of fate and fortune and who is known for the fantastical stories she tells. When she comes face-to-face with the dangerous Erlking, her ability to tell stories gets her in trouble when she claims to spin straw into gold. Locked away in his castle, all seems hopeless - until a young man named Gild appears and offers to help. We discuss Marissa Meyer's use of names, the meanings behind some of the location names, Gilded vs. Wicked word counts, Cassie's lack of trust in Marissa, Cassie's fondness for banter, and so much more! And of course, we wrap up by revealing next month's fairy tale! Lees meer
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Ep. 103: Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
23 november 2022 · 1 uur 17 min
Drew and Cassie are thrilled to be joined by Kimmy and Ryan from the Aloreing podcast for our third week of Rumpelstiltskin Month! We return once again to Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre to discuss the second episode of the series, Rumpelstiltskin, starring Shelley Duvall herself as the Miller's Daughter. This episode of the show is a relatively straight forward adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story, and though it gets goofy, it doesn't go off the rails nearly as much as some of the other episodes of Faerie Tale Theatre! Along the way, we discuss Shelley Duvall's wig, the trumpeter's wig, the trumpet itself, Shrek, Dwight Schrute, Li'l Sebastian, and more! Lees meer
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Ep. 102: Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli & Richard Tchen
16 november 2022 · 57 min
It's week 2 of Rumpelstiltskin Month, and Drew and Cassie are back to dive into Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli and Richard Tchen. This is the story of two spinners. The first, a man who renames nameless throughout the book, hones his craft at a stolen wheel, crippling his leg, turning a room full of straw into a golden dress for his beloved - and losing her in the process. The second is Saskia, the daughter of a miller, a young girl who teaches herself to craft beautiful, unique yarns. And then the king learns of Saskia's talent, bringing the two spinners together. Tune in for some strong opinions about some of the genius ways this book retells the story of Rumpelstiltskin - and one devastating way in which it misses the mark! Lees meer
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Ep. 101: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
9 november 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
For our first week of Rumpelstiltskin Month, Drew and Cassie are discussing A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce. This 2008 YA novel follows Charlotte Miller, a young woman who inherits her father's mill upon his death. Although there are rumors that the mill is cursed, Charlotte has never believed them - but it's hard to deny the bad luck that piles up as workers depart, impossible debts are revealed, and an domineering uncle enters the scene. But then a strange man named Jack Spinner offers to help, and Charlotte finds herself caught up in his bargains until she can unravel the truth of who he is, what he wants, and why - and the mill, her community, and her family are at stake. Lees meer
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Ep. 100: Ask Us Anything!
2 november 2022 · 2 uur 4 min
It's our 100th episode! Drew and Cassie celebrate by answering questions sent in by our amazing listeners, patrons, and supporters. We tell the origin story of the podcast and then we dive into the amazingly thoughtful questions you all sent in. We discuss our favorite episodes of the podcast, fairy tales we'll cover in the future, favorite tales from outside Europe, favorite books and TV shows, writing advice, Shakespeare, theatre, and so much more! Thank you all for your questions and thank you for listening! Lees meer
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Ep. 99: The Princess and the Pea Wrap Up & Intro to Rumpelstiltskin
30 oktober 2022 · 43 min
It's time to climb down from the pile of mattresses and start spinning a new tale! Drew and Cassie begin this episode with our final thoughts on The Princess and the Pea, including our disappointment in the presence of the concept of the divine right to rule. As always, we discuss our ideas for how we would like to retold the story ourselves. Then we begin our journey into a new story for November, which is Rumpelstiltskin by the Brothers Grimm. We talk through the plot of the story and the many questions it brings up - and we disagree strongly on the randomness of the tale's ending! Then we reveal the criteria we'll be using for the story of Rumpelstiltskin and which retellings we'll be talking about throughout the month! Lees meer
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Ep. 98: Once Upon A Mattress (1959 Musical)
26 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 9 min
"It wasn't the pea, it wasn't the pea, it wasn't the pea at all!" Lees meer
For our final week of The Princess and the Pea Month, we are discussing the ultimate retelling of The Princess and the Pea: Once Upon A Mattress, the 1959 Broadway musical with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. We focus our plot discussion on the 2005 TV film starring Tracy Ullman and Carol Burnett, but we also reference the changes made from the original musical and for the 1964 and 1972 TV adaptations, all of which also starred Carol Burnett. We discuss Carol Burnett's comedic genius, the set and costume designs, the subversion of tropes, the minstrel's presence, our love for the song "Happily Ever After," the genius reveal at the end, and more! Plus, we reveal which fairy tale we'll be looking at next month!
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Ep. 97: Violet Eyes by Debbie Viguié
19 oktober 2022 · 49 min
It's week 3 of The Princess and the Pea Month! Drew and Cassie return to the Once Upon A Time series of YA books from the 2000s to discuss Violet Eyes by Debbie Viguié. This book centers around Violet, the daughter of a farmer who encounters her kingdom's prince when he is found unconscious in their fields after a storm. The two quickly fall in love - but Richard's parents want him to marry a true princess. Violet soon finds herself competing with princesses from throughout the land in order to prove her identity and character in hopes of winning Richard's hand. Lees meer
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Ep. 96: The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine
12 oktober 2022 · 43 min
In our second week discussing The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen, Drew and Cassie are taking a look at The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine, the third in her middle grade series called The Princess Tales. This quick little book centers on Lorelei, a blacksmith's daughter who is born with extreme sensitivity, who falls in love with Prince Nicholas, whose parents want to abdicate their thrones. Nicholas's parents insist Nicholas must marry a true princess and thus put 79 princesses - and Lorelei - through a series of ridiculous tests to determine who is worthy of their son. We discuss the other books in the series, the series's writing style, a modern way to interpret Lorelei's sensitivity, Gilmore Girls, the lorelei of German folklore, the terrible princess tests, the Crocodile Princess, and more! Plus we make a very special announcement at the end that you won't want to miss! Lees meer
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Ep. 95: The Princess and the Pea (2002)
5 oktober 2022 · 41 min
"Never underestimate the power of a vegetable." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie open The Princess and the Pea Month with the 2002 American-Hungarian animated film The Princess and the Pea from Feature Films For Families. We had a bit of a hard time when it came to enjoying this particular film, so we work our way through the story in an attempt to understand a very convoluted plot. We discuss Sebastian's obsession with pea lore, tapestry vs. parchment, bizarre rules of succession, physical indicators of villainy, the stained glass window ghosts, nature vs. nurture, various similarities to other animated films from the 90s, dancing inconsistent world rules when it comes to animals, Drew steals Cassie's catchphrase, and more!
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Ep. 94: Cinderella Wrap Up & Intro to The Princess and the Pea
2 oktober 2022 · 27 min
Are you ready to leave the ball and climb some mattresses? Because it's time for a new tale! Drew and Cassie wrap up their final thoughts on Cinderella, including some themes that we've noticed that have been arising now that we have covered 10 different retellings of Cinderella. Then we begin our new story, The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen. This tale is short and sweet, so we talk through its plot real quick before revealing the criteria for this new tale and which adaptations we'll be looking at through October! Lees meer
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Ep. 93: A Cinderella Story (2004)
28 september 2022 · 2 uur 6 min
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." Lees meer
It's the final week of our second Cinderella Month! We are joined by Bethanie Finger from Prince Kai Fan Pod, the Marissa Meyer Bookclub Podcast, to discuss the 2004 film A Cinderella Story starring Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Regina King, and more. This teen romcom take on the Cinderella tale follows Sam, a modern-day high schooler who is left in the custody of her wicked stepmother, Fiona, and is forced to work in her family's diner while navigating high school. Things come to a head when Fiona insists Sam work instead of attending the Halloween dance, where Sam knows she could possibly come face-to-face when her anonymous penpal crush for the first time - of course, Sam has no idea that this anonymous penpal crush is actually Austin Ames, the most popular boy in school. We talk about the various A Cinderella Story spinoffs, cell phones in the early 2000s, Sam's friendship with Carter, casting adults as teenagers, comparisons to The Princess Diaries, Bethanie's many red flags about Austin, the wacky timeline, some jokes that didn't age well, and much more!
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Ep. 92: Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
21 september 2022 · 48 min
"'My feet are not bound.' 'I noticed,' said the prince." Lees meer
For our fourth retelling in our second Cinderella Month, Drew and Cassie are taking a look at Bound by Donna Jo Napoli. This 2004 book specifically retells the ancient Chinese legend of Ye Xian, reimagining the main character as Xing Xing, a young woman whose circumstances have left her orphaned and living with her cruel and jealous stepmother and half-sister, Wei Ping. We discuss the appropriateness of Napoli as a white author telling this story, the lack of development for the prince, the complicated family relationships, the way Napoli uses foot binding to connect to the Cinderella story, the inclusion of the toe removal from the Grimm version of the story, Stepmother as a clever villain, and more!
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Ep. 91: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
14 september 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
"I'm not happy pretending everything is fine when I know it's not." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie return after a hiatus to continue our Cinderella Month with our next book, Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. This 2020 YA novel imagines a harshly patriarchal world set 200 years after Cinderella's death, in which her story is used to enforce the rules of the world. Our heroine is 16-year-old Sophia, who is about the attend the ball for the first time, and who is desperate to rebel against the world thanks to her love for her best friend, Erin. Sophia ends up fleeing the ball and starting a campaign to bring down the king along with help from a descendant of Cinderella's stepsister, the original fairy godmother, and more. While we share many of the same frustrations with this book, we do appreciate some of the ideas at the core of the story!
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Ep. 90: Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella by Megan Morrison
10 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 25 min
"His father wanted him to choose Lavaliere for Prince’s Preference, but he had to talk to Ella." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie are so excited to talk about Megan Morrison's Tyme series but also sad that this is the final Morrison book that has been published! For our second week in Cinderella Month, we are discussing Morrison's Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella. This novel is told from three points of view: Ella Coach, a young woman whose mother died in a sweat shop and wants every laborer in the Blue Kingdom to receive fairer treatment; Prince Dash Charming, a young man whose familial curse has recently been broken, and who wants to be a better person than his father and grandfather before him; and Serge, a fairy godfather who is losing his magic, and who finds himself in a position to help one Ella Coach. We discuss the creative world of Tyme, the incredibly themed characters names, Serge/Jasper, fantasy slang, the way the Cinderella elements are rearranged, awesome mom Queen Maud, and we say "these books are so good" about ten times!
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Ep. 89: Amazon's Cinderella (2021)
3 augustus 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
"I don't want a life stuck waving from a royal box any more than a life confined to a basement." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie begin our return to the fairy tale of Cinderella by discussing the Amazon Prime movie from 2021 starring Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, and more. This jukebox movie musical incorporates songs like "Rhythm Nation," "Somebody to Love," and "Material Girl" while reimagining Cinderella as a young woman who dreams of designing fashion and owning a dress shop. Meanwhile, Prince Robert is struggling with his father's expectations versus his own desires, and soon the two protagonists find their ambitions entwined. We discuss jukebox musicals, the movie's similarities to other Cinderella-adjacent movies, the aggressively contemporary dialogue, the reinterpretation of Cinderella's relationship with her stepfamily, Cassie's idea on how to fix the story, and more!
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Ep. 88: Aladdin Wrap Up & Intro to Cinderella
31 juli 2022 · 45 min
It's time to wish our way out of one fairy tale and into another! Drew and Cassie wrap up their final thoughts on Aladdin, including, and then rather than discussing how we would retell the tale ourselves like we usually do, we suggest ideas of how we would like to see someone else retell Aladdin. Then we take a journey to the past by explaining why we wanted to revisit Cinderella. We discuss the plots of some of the most prominent cultural variants of the story: Rhodopis of Greece, Ye Xian of China, and Vasilisa the Brave of Russia. We also update our criteria a little bit from the last time we talked about Cinderella and reveal which books and movies we'll be reading and watching throughout the month! Lees meer
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Ep. 87: Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
27 juli 2022 · 1 uur 21 min
"This is all your fault, Jafar." Lees meer
In our final week of Aladdin Month, Drew and Cassie are joined by Cassie's younger brother, Jeffrey, to discuss the 2013 musical Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier from StarKid Productions. This parody of Disney's Aladdin is inspired by Wicked and retells the tale from Jafar's point of view, reimagining him as a well-intentioned advisor to the king who is trying to fix all of the kingdom's problems, but finds himself blamed for them instead. Aladdin himself is a greedy 33-year-old orphan who seeks to take advantage of the optimistic Princess, and all this is happening while Prince Achmed - yes, that Prince Achmed - seeks revenge for being attacked by a tiger. We discuss Jim Povolo's voice, dodging copyright laws, Jasmine as a Social Justice Warrior, Dylan Saunders' extraordinary performance, the inclusion of Scheherazade, Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol, the many references and allusions to Disney movies and Disney history, and more!
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Ep. 86: Disney's Aladdin
20 juli 2022 · 2 uur 15 min
"You ain't never had a friend like me!" Lees meer
Disney week came early this month! For our third week of Aladdin Month, Drew and Cassie discuss Disney's 1992 animated film, the 2019 live action movie, the 2011 Broadway musical, and much more! We talk about our personal memories and connections to Disney's version of Aladdin before delving into the plot specifics of the animated movie. Then we talk about the differences made for the live action movie and the Broadway musical, and then we go even further by looking at some of the changes made for Aladdin, Jr. and Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular at the California Adventure theme park. We discuss the Disney+ stereotype warning, the various iterations of Iago, the casting issues across all versions, Aladdin as the "diamond in the rough," Jasmine's naiveté contrasted with her strength, Robin Williams' Genie vs. Will Smith's Genie vs. the Broadway Genie, the adaptation from screen to stage, ways in which Disney nods to the original fairy tale, Aladdin's appearances in the theme parks, and much more!
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Ep. 85: The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
13 juli 2022 · 53 min
"Oh, my naive thief. Love is rarely a choice.” Lees meer
For our second week of Aladdin Month, Drew and Cassie are discussing The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury. This 2016 YA novel casts Zahra as the protagonist, a jinn who has been trapped for five hundred years until her lamp is found by a young man named Aladdin. As Aladdin makes his three wishes and Zahra receives an opportunity to earn her freedom, the two characters find themselves falling into a star-crossed love. We talk about the novel's jinn lore, reinterpreting Aladdin's laziness as trauma, Pinterest, the "make me a prince" wish across all retellings, compulsory heterosexuality, the different ways Drew and Cassie imagine characters when reading, and more!
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Ep. 84: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child: Aladdin (1997)
6 juli 2022 · 31 min
Drew and Cassie begin Aladdin Month with the Aladdin episode from HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child featuring the voices of B.D. Wong, George Takei, Joan Chen, and more. This series from the 90s reset classic fairy tales into alternate cultural settings, although for Aladdin they kept the Chinese setting from the original story. We discuss Aladdin as a dreamer instead of just lazy, the combination of the magician and the vizier, using the lamp as a lamp, the lack of actual wishing involved, the movie Holes, and much more! Lees meer
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Ep. 83: The 12 Dancing Princesses Wrap Up & Intro to Aladdin
3 juli 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
It's time to dance our way out of June's story and make a wish to start July's story: Aladdin! Drew and Cassie wrap up our final thoughts on The 12 Dancing Princesses, and Drew shares some thoughts on the reasons he doesn't care for the original story while Cassie helps sort through these ideas. As we discuss our own ideas for how we would retell the tale, Drew connects The 12 Dancing Princesses to a different, perhaps more beloved, story, and Cassie goes into detail about "Deliverance," her version of the story that she's been hinting to throughout the month. Then we begin our journey into the world of Aladdin by discussing its muddled history before talking about the "original" tale. We end by revealing the Aladdin criteria and which retellings we'll be reading and watching throughout July! Lees meer
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Ep. 82: Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006)
29 juni 2022 · 57 min
"I could dance forever and ever and ever." Lees meer
In our final week of The 12 Dancing Princesses Month, Drew and Cassie are joined by Drew's sister, Daurie, to discuss perhaps the world's most popular retelling of the story, the 2006 film Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses. Barbie plays the role of Genevieve, the 7th of 12 sisters whose father decides they must learn to be "proper princesses." When their instructor begins to suck all of the joy out of their lives, the 12 princesses find a magic portal to a secret world where they can dance to their hearts' content. We talk about the musical and ballet influences, Felix the Parrot, the personality prescribed to each princess, the total elimination of the fairy tale's original plotline, Mattel's protection of the Barbie character, Ken-as-Derek-as-Sherlock Holmes, "the Power of Twelve," the magical wishing flowers, and more!
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Ep. 81: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
22 juni 2022 · 48 min
“Nights like this were meant to be shared, remembered, and talked about for years." Lees meer
The 12 Dancing Princesses Month continues as Drew and Cassie take a look at the popular 2019 YA novel House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig. This book follows Annaleigh Thaumas, the sixth of twelve sisters, who lives a sheltered life at her family's stronghold in Highmoor. The four eldest Thaumas daughters have died over the last few years, and rumors are spreading that the family is cursed. As Annaleigh's remaining sisters begin to sneak out every night to attend glittering balls, Annaleigh herself is more occupied with seeking out answers about the sisters that are gone. We discuss our many frustrations with the book, the mysterious theme connecting the sisters' names, the incorporation of the gods of the book's world, the story's many twists, and more!
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Ep. 80: The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine
15 juni 2022 · 49 min
“Dancing was a dangerous game, but it meant that at night, at least, they knew what to do with themselves.” Lees meer
We continue our month of exploring The 12 Dancing Princesses with The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine. This YA retelling removes all magic from the story and recontextualizes it by dropping the twelve young women into the Roaring '20s! Jo Hamilton and her eleven sisters live their lives trapped in the house of their father, who almost never acknowledges them, but they find freedom by sneaking out at night and dancing in the speakeasies of Manhattan. But everything changes when their father begins to suspect their activities and decides to start marrying his daughters off one by one. We discuss the creative new setting, Jo Hamilton vs. Jo March, the emphasis on the relationships between the sisters, the king/father as a villain, and more!
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Ep. 79: Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
8 juni 2022 · 1 uur 6 min
“She was, surprisingly, an exquisite dancer." Lees meer
We journey into Week 2 of The 12 Dancing Princesses Month with one of Cassie's favorite fairy tale retellings of all time, Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George. Cassie loves this book and was pretty anxious to hear what Drew's opinion would be after reading it for the first time! Set in the fictional kingdom of Westfalin, this YA novel from 2009 remains faithful to the original story while digging deeper to answer the many questions the fairy tale raises. Galen is a young soldier returning from war and Rose the eldest of a dozen princesses, and both find themselves searching for a way to break a curse that is forcing the twelve sisters to dance in a secret underworld every night. Dark forces are working against them in the world below as well as the world above, and they must resort to some creative resources to defeat some formidable foes!
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Ep. 78: Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Dancing Princesses (1987)
1 juni 2022 · 44 min
"I have no patience for hearts and flowers and young men who brag about this victory and that. There's more to life than romance." Lees meer
We begin our month discussing The 12 Dancing Princesses by returning once again to Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre! This time we are looking at the series' final episode, season 6, episode 3, The Dancing Princesses, starring Lesley Ann Warren. Although the number of sisters is slimmed down to 6 instead of 12, once again Faerie Tale Theatre remains fairly faithful to the original story. We discuss the rhyming names, the soldier's moustache, Lesley Anne Warren's classic deadpan, our ideas for developing the story further, and more!
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Ep. 77: The Frog Prince Wrap Up & Intro to The 12 Dancing Princesses
29 mei 2022 · 49 min
It's time to let one story croak and dance into a new tale: The 12 Dancing Princesses! But first, Drew and Cassie wrap up their final thoughts on The Frog Prince. We acknowledge some of the similarities between this month's books and movies, we read a listener email about Iron Henry, and we discuss our thoughts on how we would adapt the story. Then we move on to our next fairy tale! We talk through the plot of The 12 Dancing Princesses, then we reveal our criteria and which books and movies we'll be looking at throughout the month of June! Lees meer
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Ep. 76: Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009)
25 mei 2022 · 58 min
"There is no way I am kissing a frog and eating a bug on the same day!" Lees meer
It's the final week of The Frog Prince Month, which means it's Disney week! We are taking a look at Disney's version of this story, 2009's The Princess and the Frog, starring Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Jennifer Cody, John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey, and more! This animated movie, loosely based on the book The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker, is a little bit meta as it inverts the classic tale. When a frog appears to Tiana, a hard-working woman living in New Orleans in 1926, she agrees to kiss him to make him human again. But the spell backfires, leaving Naveen as he is and turning Tiana into a frog too! Now they're stuck together until they can figure out how to reverse the spell. We discuss this movie's controversial history, Tiana's friendship with Charlotte, the beautiful 2D animation, the affect this movie had on Disney's marketing, similarities to Wicked and The Wizard of Oz, and more!
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Ep. 75: Water Song by Suzanne Weyn
18 mei 2022 · 44 min
In our third week discussing The Frog Prince, Drew and Cassie are looking at Water Song by Suzanne Weyn, the 10th book in the Once Upon A Time YA series from the early 2000s. This book sets the story during World War I and follows Emma, a British socialite who has found herself isolated in her family's mansion along the warfront in Belgium. A soldier named Jack seeks refuge from a gas attack in Emma's well, and soon the two find themselves confined to the house by German soldiers. They must fake a marriage as they also plot to undermine the enemy and search for an escape. We discuss the incorporation of magic, the ways Weyn uses the story elements, the possibility of an appearance from Iron Henry, and more! Lees meer
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Ep. 74: Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince by Megan Morrison
11 mei 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
"Lose yourself to be found. Transform to be transformed." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie are revisiting their favorite fairy tale series, the Tyme novels by Megan Morrison! The third book, Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince, follows Prince Syrah of the Olive Isles, an arrogant young man who makes a wish that backfires and turns him into a frog! A sudden, deadly plague descends upon the people of Yellow Country, and as a small creature, Syrah finds himself privy to a lot of crucial and private information. He soon finds himself playing detective, trying to discover the origins of the plague and trying to break his curse simultaneously. As we talk through the story, we laud Megan Morrison for her genius world-building and clever adaptive choices, admire the creative incorporation of the various elements of the original fairy tale, lament the Tyme series' cancellation, speculate about what may have happened in the future, and more!
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Ep. 73: Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Tale of the Frog Prince (1982)
4 mei 2022 · 42 min
"Pardon me, could you not make so much noise? You're scaring away all the flies." Lees meer
For our first week of The Frog Prince Month, we watched the premiere episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre from 1982, The Tale of the Frog Prince, starring Robin Williams, Teri Garr, and Eric Idle. This relatively faithful adaptation of the Grimms' fairy tale gets pretty wacky, with an over-the-top performance from the spoiled princess and stand-up comedian version of the frog. We discuss theories on Grizelda the Witch, the magic, floating, golden ball, Robin Williams' frog costume, the antagonistic dynamic between the frog and the princess, the bizarre ending, and much more!
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Ep. 72: The Wizard of Oz Wrap Up & Intro to The Frog Prince
1 mei 2022 · 52 min
It's time to tap our heels together three times to leave Oz behind and splash our way into a new fairy tale: The Frog Prince! Drew and Cassie wrap up their final thoughts on The Wizard of Oz, including discussing why adapting Oz seems to elude authors and reading an email from a listener explaining a gap in our knowledge about The Wiz. Before we leave the Yellow Brick Road behind, as we do every month, we discuss our own ideas about how we would retell Oz (although, of course, Cassie already has)! Then it's time to move on to The Frog Prince! We talk a little about the story's history and a lot about how we as a society have revised the story's ending before breaking down the tale's plot. We wrap up by revealing our criteria and which books and movies we'll be looking at throughout the month of May! Lees meer
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Ep. 71: Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Winnie Holzman, and Stephen Schwartz
27 april 2022 · 2 uur 19 min
"Are people born wicked? Or is wickedness thrust upon them?" Lees meer
We're nearing the end of the Yellow Brick Road! For our final week in The Wizard of Oz Month, Drew and Cassie discuss Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire as well as the 2003 Broadway musical adaptation with a book by Winnie Holzman and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, originally starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Wicked follows the story of Elphaba, a young woman who was born in the land of Oz with green skin, chronicling her friendship with a girl named Glinda, her antagonism with the Wizard of Oz, and how she became known as the Wicked Witch of the West. The book and the musical are vastly different stories, so after discussing our personal connections to Wicked, we work our way through the plot of the book first and then the musical. We discuss Maguire's decision to make Oz dark and gritty, the origins of Elphaba's name, some of the book's struggles, Maguire's intentional word usage, Chekhov's gun, some of our favorite quotes and lyrics, No Fly shows, the fun and obvious foreshadowing, Glinda's development, and we end it all by getting super emotional about For Good. Plus, we reveal which fairy tale we'll be talking about for the month of May!
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Ep. 70: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
20 april 2022 · 44 min
"There's only room for one diva in Oz, and that is MOI!" Lees meer
Drew and Cassie are here to discussing the third Oz adaptation of the month, the 2005 TV film The Muppets' Wizard of Oz starring Ashanti, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, Pepe the King Prawn, and many more Muppets and humans alike! This particular adaptation begins in a modern-day Kansas, where Dorothy dreams of becoming a big star by joining the Muppets Tour. When the tornado drops Dorothy in Oz, she finds herself in a land entirely inhabited by Muppets - even her pet king prawn, Toto, is a Muppet now! Dorothy then follows the Yellow Brick Road to the Wizard to ask him to make her a star. We discuss the modernized setting, the combination of the Munchkins and the field mice, the Wizard's disguises, the embracing of Oz's theatricality, the fun reimagining of the Kalidahs, and much more!
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Ep. 69: The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical by Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown
13 april 2022 · 1 uur 19 min
"Come on and ease on down, ease on down the road..." Lees meer
For our second week in The Wizard of Oz Month, we're discussing the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. In addition to reading the show's script, we watched the 1979 film adaptation starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson as well as the 2015 production of The Wiz Live! starring Shanice Williams, Queen Latifah, David Alan Grier, and more. This cultural sensation's plot is remarkably faithful to L. Frank Baum's original Oz book, but there are plenty of moments of adaptation to talk about along the way. Within these three formats - the script, the movie, and the TV adaptation - we find plenty of variation! We discuss Dorothy's different relationships with Aunt Em, Diana Ross's strange arrival in Munchkinland, the Scarecrow's songs, the Kalidah and Poppy battles, the owl therapist, Queen Latifah as a female Wiz, the lessons Dorothy learns along the way, and much more!
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Ep. 68: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
6 april 2022 · 1 uur 23 min
"Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" Lees meer
We are starting The Wizard of Oz Month with the classic 1939 film starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Frank Morgan, and Margaret Hamilton. Drew and Cassie start by revisiting their personal connections to this nostalgic musical film before talking through the plot that has been majorly streamlined from L. Frank Baum's original novel. We talk through many of the smart and fun changes the movie makes, like expanding the Kansas scene and swapping out the silver shoes for ruby slippers. We talk about the movie's dedication and opening shot, the origins of the farmhands, the transition from Kansas to Oz, Glinda's questionable motives, Buddy Ebsen's lingering presence, the snow that saves them from the poppies, and more! Plus, you will not want to miss Cassie's unique connection to this movie!
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Ep. 67: Peter Pan Wrap Up & Intro to The Wizard of Oz
30 maart 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
It's time to fly away from Neverland and get caught up in a tornado that will whisk us off to Oz! But first we have some exciting announcements: we now have MERCHANDISE available, and we are launching our PATREON! Pledging just $1 a month gets you all kinds of fun perks that we outline for you. Then we dive into some final thoughts on Peter Pan, and ask our traditional question of how we would adapt the story ourselves. Then we begin the journey down the yellow brick road! We talk about our personal connections to Oz before discussing the original book by L. Frank Baum. And as always, we reveal the criteria for The Wizard of Oz and which retellings we'll be reading and watching! Lees meer
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Ep. 66: Disney's Peter Pan (1954)
23 maart 2022 · 1 uur 26 min
“When there's a smile in your heart, there's no better time to start…” Lees meer
It's Disney week! We're talking about Disney's 1953 animated classic version of Peter Pan, featuring the voices of Bobby Driscoll, Hans Conried, and Kathryn Beaumont. Drew grew up on this movie and, unsurprisingly, it holds a special place in his heart. Cassie, on the other hand... is not a fan. It was a long journey for the Disney company to figure out how they were going to retell J. M. Barrie's play and novel, so we discuss some of the history behind the movie before diving into our discussion of the movie. After we work our way through the movie's plot, we also discuss the 2002 sequel, Return to Never Land, Drew talks about Pan's presence in the Disney theme parks, and we announce next month's story! We discuss the male narrator, song parallels between the Disney movie and the stage musical, Peter's personality, the rhythmic nature of the dialogue, the Lost Boys' names, the timeline issues, the offensive Native and Indigenous representation, Never Smile At A Crocodile, the changes to Tink saving Peter, the importance of the month of February in Drew's life, Return to Never Land's WWII setting, parallels between the original and the sequel, Nana Two, the Octopus, and much more!
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Ep. 65: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, and Rick Elice
16 maart 2022 · 1 uur 15 min
"To have faith is to have wings." Lees meer
In our third week of Peter Pan Month, we are looking at the novel Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson as well as the stage adaptation written by Rick Elice and starring Christian Borle, Adam Chanler-Berat, and Celia Keenan-Bolger. This Peter Pan prequel/reboot follows the adventures of Peter, an orphan being sold into slavery, and a girl named Molly who is protecting a chest full of starstuff, a magical substance with immense power. Trials on the treacherous seas lead to wild escapades on a remote island, forcing Peter and Molly to face pirates, mermaids, crocodiles, and more before their journey ends. We talk through the book's story and then discuss the creative changes and revisions made for the stage version. We discuss the characters' names, Black Stache vs. Captain Hook, the play's story theatre format, the creative parallels the play adds, the small title change, character motivations, how Peter Pan gets his name, and more!
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Ep. 64: Peter Pan (2003)
9 maart 2022 · 1 uur 44 min
"I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!" Lees meer
Drew and Cassie are here to gush over the 2003 film adaptation of Peter Pan starring Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs, and Rachel Hurd-Wood! This film knows that Wendy is the protagonist and focuses on the underlying romantic tensions between Peter and Wendy in some beautiful and unique ways. We talk about the movie's incredible soundtrack, a generation's crush on Jeremy Sumpter, adaptation vs. retelling, Barrie's vision for a film version of Peter Pan, the many wonderful performances from the three leads as well as Carsen Gray, Ludivine Sagnier, Richard Briers, and Theodore Chester, Neverland's location in the universe, the pink affect, the incorporation of the power of the hidden kiss throughout the movie, Hook's flight, the emotional reunion at the end, and much more!
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Ep. 63: Peter Pan (1954, 2000)
2 maart 2022 · 1 uur 48 min
"Just think of lovely things, and your heart will fly on wings..." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie are joined by Leah from YA Book Chat to discuss the 1954 musical version of Peter Pan! With music and lyrics by Jule Styne, Mark Charlap, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Carolyn Leigh, the original Broadway production starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook. An adaptation of this production was televised in 1955, 1956, and 1960. Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby would eventually claim the role of Peter, and famously played the role on stage for over four decades. For this episode, we compare and contrast 1960 televised Mary Martin version and the 2003 production starring Cathy Rigby that was professionally filmed for A&E. Drew also bit the bullet and watched the 2014 Peter Pan Live! starring Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, and sprinkles in some of the changes they made - some bad, some good. We discuss the different Nanas, the medicine scene, Cathy Rigby's massive amounts of fairy dust, the differences between Martin and Rigby's portrayals of Peter, the too-slowly-evolving portrayal of Tiger Lily and her tribe, the enigma of Liza's presence in Neverland, "Oh, My Mysterious Lady" vs. Marooner's Rock, the Hamlet joke, the casting choices for Adult Wendy and Jane, and so much more!
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Ep. 62: Alice in Wonderland Wrap Up & Intro to Peter Pan
27 februari 2022 · 1 uur 38 min
It's time to leave the rabbit hole behind and fly off to Neverland! Drew and Cassie give their final thoughts on Alice in Wonderland and its place in history before moving on to our next story, Peter Pan by Sir J. M. Barrie. This is by far the longest and most complex story we've looked at so far, so we work our way through the story's plot, along the way discussing Barrie's unique writing style, Peter as the embodiment of childhood, the rich details of the novel, the parallels between Captain Hook and Mr. Darling, the intentionality of symbolism, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Wendy as a protagonist, the genius of saving Tinker Bell, and much more. You won't want to miss Drew's explanation of why this story means so much to him. Plus, we reveal the Peter Pan criteria and which retellings we'll be reading and watching this month! Lees meer
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Ep. 61: Disney and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (1951, 2010)
23 februari 2022 · 1 uur 35 min
"I give myself very good advice... but I very seldom follow it." Lees meer
Drew and Cassie are joined by Drew's sister-in-law, Emily, for our final week talking about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! First, we talk through the 1951 animated film, then we take a look at the 2010 live action reboot directed by Tim Burton, starring Mia Wasikowsa, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anne Hathaway. We discuss the universal inclusion of the Tweedles in Wonderland, the cut song "Beneath the Laughing Sky," the new character of the Doorknob, the Disneyfication of The Walrus and the Carpenter, Long Neck Alice, which characters were cut, a Very Funny Jell-O Commercial, Alice's not-like-other-girls syndrome, reimagining live action Alice's story arch, the uncanny valley effect, the creative new character names, Drew tells us about Wonderland in the theme parks, and much more!
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Ep. 60: Heartless by Marissa Meyer
16 februari 2022 · 1 uur 42 min
"Off with their heads!" Lees meer
For this week's special Valentine's episode, we are looking at Heartless by Marissa Meyer! Drew and Cassie are joined by Bethanie A. Finger from Prince Kai Fan Pod, the Marissa Meyer Book Club Podcast to discuss this 2016 YA prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Heartless follows Catherine, a young woman who wants to open the finest bakery in Wonderland, but is being held back by her duty to her family as well as an impending -and unwanted - engagement to the King of Hearts. When Cath encounters Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker, she feels the pull of true attraction for the first time in her life. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.
We discuss the book's many nods and references to the original Carroll books, the backstories for characters other than the Queen of Hearts, the Starkid musical Twisted, the origin of Margaret Mearle's name, the parallels of Cath's and Jest's struggles, an examination of Hatta's character, Heartless the Musical, and... the movie Titanic?? Plus, we call this book "brilliant" about a hundred times!
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Ep. 59: Alice in Wonderland (1999)
9 februari 2022 · 40 min
"When I used to read about fairy tales, I never thought I would end up in the middle of one." Lees meer
For our second week of Alice in Wonderland Month, Drew and Cassie are taking a look at the 1999 TV film starring Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Ben Kingsley, Gene Wilder, and many, many more. This adaptation of the Alice story sticks very faithfully to the original Lewis Carroll book, but also adds a few Looking-Glass characters and introduces a lovely framework that gives meaning to Alice's journey. We discuss the movie's strange use of the looking-glass, the amazing opening credits, the addition of the extra Looking-Glass characters, Alice's journey, the unique interpretation of the Caterpillar, and much more!
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Ep. 58: Alice (2009)
2 februari 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
"Believe it or not, we are in your head!" Lees meer
Things are getting curiouser and curiouser as we begin our Alice in Wonderland month! In this episode, Drew and Cassie discuss Alice, the 2009 TV min-series from Showcase and Syfy starring Caterina Scorsone, Kathy Bates, Andrew Lee-Potts, Matt Frewer, Colm Meany, Philip Winchester, and Tim Curry. This Alice is a contemporary judo instructor, and her Wonderland is reimagined as a dystopia injected with elements of sci-fi and fantasy. Alice finds herself wrapped up in plot to take down the Queen of Hearts, who has been kidnapping people from Alice's world and sucking out their emotions to sell to the people of Wonderland. In addition to discussing this fascinating version of Alice's circumstances, we talk about the movie's design choices, the new functions of the various Wonderland characters, our opinions on Mad March, the funky timeline, the incorporation of The Walrus and The Carpenter poem, how excited we both were to recognize Matt Frewer, and much more!
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Ep. 57: The Snow Queen Wrap Up & Intro to Alice in Wonderland
26 januari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
It's time to let the snow melt away and head down the rabbit hole - and through the looking glass, too! Drew and Cassie are back from hiatus to give their final thoughts on The Snow Queen and, as always, talk about our ideas for how we would retell the tale. Then we begin our discussion on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Cassie gives us a fascinating glimpse into the importance of Carroll's works in the history of children's literature before we discuss our opinions on the original Alice books. Then we explain what criteria we'll be looking for in our Alice retellings, and we reveal which movies and books we'll be discussing throughout the month! Lees meer
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Ep. 56: Disney's Frozen (2013)
29 december 2021 · 1 uur 37 min
"The lack of resemblance to The Snow Queen never bothered me anyway." Lees meer
Look, we like Frozen. But is it a retelling of The Snow Queen? Drew and Cassie are here to sort it all out! Disney's 2013 animated film tells the tale of Elsa, a princess who is about to be crowned queen, but is also grappling with hiding her secret magic powers of ice and snow. These secret powers have estranged Elsa from her sister, Anna. But when Elsa's powers come to light, she flees, and Anna must journey up the North Mountain to try to bring Elsa back and end the magical winter she has accidentally brought upon the kingdom. We try to find as many connections as we can, and still deliver the full Of Slippers and Spindles Disney episode treatment by talking through the movie, discussing the Broadway musical, touching on the sequels and spin-offs, and wrapping up with the theme parks. Plus, find out what story we will talking about next!
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Ep. 55: Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige
22 december 2021 · 58 min
"The more you see of evil, the more evil seems limitless. I guess the same goes for good, but I haven't seen as much of that." Lees meer
In our fourth week of discussing The Snow Queen, we are talking about Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige. This 2016 YA novel follows the ventures of Snow, a seventeen-year-old girl who has spent most of her life in Whittaker Psychiatric. Snow's life turns upside down when the boy she loves is pulled into an alternate world and as she follows him, Snow learns that she is from this alternate world as well. Not only that, but this world's wicked tyrant king is Snow's real father, she has magic powers, and she is involved in a prophecy that will allegedly determine this world's fate. To put it mildly, we have some strong opinions on this one! We share our feelings on the story's twists, the novel's pacing, the unresolved storylines, the trio of romantic interests, and much more!
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