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Special Anniversary Lookback: The Best of the Obscure
I admit it. I write about many famous stories on this blog. But one of my favorite things about it is drawing attention to works of art or entertainment about which many people haven’t heard. It gives me joy to … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 Dalmatians, 18th century novels, 19th century novels, As You Like It, Caging Skies, Charles Dickens, Coriolanus, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, fairy tales, Fantasia, Freaky Friday, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Little Dorrit, Little Women, Love and Friendship, Mary Poppins, musicals, Nicholas Nickleby, Peanuts, Peter Pan, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Storyteller, William Shakespeare
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Faerie Tale Theatre’s Most…Interesting Episodes
My last two posts were about what I consider the best episodes of Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre. This post is about ones that maybe could have been the best, or at least among the most interesting, but are held … Continue reading
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Tagged Faerie Tale Theatre, fairy tales, remakes
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Other Great Episodes of Faerie Tale Theatre
Last week, I wrote about the second season of Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre when the episodes were most consistently great in my estimation. But that doesn’t mean I don’t consider any episodes from other seasons to be great. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Aladdin, Cinderella, Faerie Tale Theatre, fairy tales, The Tale of a Youth Who Set Forth to Learn What Fear Was
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My Favorite Season of Faerie Tale Theatre
As some of you may know, probably more of you than knew about Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre was an anthology show that ran from 1982 to 1987. Each episode was a retelling of a classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Faerie Tale Theatre, fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel
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How Into the Woods (2014) is Messy but Worthwhile and Why That’s Weirdly Appropriate
Many eyebrows were raised when it was first announced that Disney would be doing a movie adaptation of the 1987 stage musical Into the Woods. Dark, cynical, adult deconstructions of fairy tales are kind of the opposite of what we … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinderella, fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, musicals, Rapunzel
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The Adaptation Station’s Two-Year Anniversary Top Ten List (in Alphabetical Order)
Technically, it’s no longer this blog’s two-year anniversary, but I still felt like doing this list of the top ten movies/shows/plays about which I’ve blogged. Here are some disclaimers. If you’ve been following my blog and remember the other “list” … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century novels, 19th century novels, As You Like It, Cinderella, Defending Disney Nostalgia Bait, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, Emma, fairy tales, Fantasia, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Les Misérables, Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby, Peanuts, The Storyteller, William Shakespeare
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The First Ever Adaptees Award Ceremony
Today is the two-year anniversary of The Adaptation Station.com! I wanted to do something special to commemorate it. My first idea was a post about my top ten adaptations about which I’ve blogged. My second was a post that was … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century novels, 19th century novels, Aladdin, As You Like It, Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Cinderella, Emma, fairy tales, Freaky Friday, Hand-Drawn Dreamworks, Jane Austen, Les Misérables, Little Dorrit, Little Women, Love and Friendship, Mary Poppins, musicals, Nicholas Nickleby, Peter Pan, remakes, William Shakespeare
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Animation Station: Disney’s Anim-Anthology Movies Part 4
Among the few who have reviewed all of the Disney anim-anthology movies from the 1940s, Fun and Fancy Free and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, each of which consists of two featurettes, seem to be regarded as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation Station, Disney Anim-Anthology Movies, fairy tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, musicals, The Wind in the Willows
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Cinderella (2015): My Favorite Disney Nostalgia Bait Movie
This isn’t exactly the most controversial choice for the best of Disney’s recent (and seemingly unending) line of remakes and updates of old material. I believe it was one of the better received ones. But it’s not a totally safe … Continue reading
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Tagged Cinderella, Defending Disney Nostalgia Bait, fairy tales, remakes
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Aladdin (2019): My Second Favorite Disney Nostalgia Bait Movie
OK, I’ll cut to the chase. I find Will Smith’s Genie funnier than Robin Williams’s Genie. Note I said funnier, not more fun if I can make that distinction. Robin Williams’s Genie is probably more fun, but the only funny … Continue reading
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