Send us a text Imagine stepping onto a perfect, hidden beach and feeling your life accelerate—years slipping by in hours, bodies racing ahead of minds, and secrets surfacing as quickly as the tide. That’s the uneasy heart of Sandcastle and Old, and we dig into why the same premise lands so differently on the page and on screen. We trace how the graphic novel’s eerie hints—a watcher on the cliff, a fleeting mention of a hotel—become the film’s full-blown surveillance network and resort pipelin...
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Send us a text Imagine stepping onto a perfect, hidden beach and feeling your life accelerate—years slipping by in hours, bodies racing ahead of minds, and secrets surfacing as quickly as the tide. That’s the uneasy heart of Sandcastle and Old, and we dig into why the same premise lands so differently on the page and on screen. We trace how the graphic novel’s eerie hints—a watcher on the cliff, a fleeting mention of a hotel—become the film’s full-blown surveillance network and resort pipelin...
Ep. 39 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead vs. The Underground Railroad (2021)
Books vs. Movies
40 minutes
8 months ago
Ep. 39 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead vs. The Underground Railroad (2021)
Send us a text Join me for a riveting journey through Colson Whitehead’s poignant narrative of “The Underground Railroad.” As we peel back the layers of this complex story, listeners will discover the stark contrasts between the original novel and its breathtaking miniseries adaptation. Reflecting on the harrowing experience of Cora, a slave escaping from a Georgia plantation, we unpack how Whitehead transforms the metaphor of freedom into a literal Underground Railroad. The transformative jo...
Books vs. Movies
Send us a text Imagine stepping onto a perfect, hidden beach and feeling your life accelerate—years slipping by in hours, bodies racing ahead of minds, and secrets surfacing as quickly as the tide. That’s the uneasy heart of Sandcastle and Old, and we dig into why the same premise lands so differently on the page and on screen. We trace how the graphic novel’s eerie hints—a watcher on the cliff, a fleeting mention of a hotel—become the film’s full-blown surveillance network and resort pipelin...
