May 28, 2021
Book Vs Movie: “A Streetcar Named Desire”
The Tennessee Williams Play Song Vs the Elia Kazan Movie
The Margos are feeling very fragile and need to take long, hot baths when discussing one of the greatest dramas of the 20th Century--A Streetcar Named Desire. The play by Tennessee Williams thrilled the Broadway stage...
May 19, 2021
Book Vs Movie: “Harper Valley PTA”
The 1968 Song Vs the 1978 Movie (really!)
Ever since the pandemic began, we decided to create a new show each week (rather than biweekly which has been our habit for over six years now) the sources of adaptations have expanded to magazines, novellas, and songs. You would assume a...
May 12, 2021
Book Vs Movie: “Arrival”
The Ted Chiang Novella Vs the Amy Adams Film
The Margos are looking into the world of language and SciFi with the Ted Chiang novella Story of Your Life published in 1998 and the 2016 movie directed by Denis Villeneuve Arrival.
(Warning! Spoilers coming right your way!)
In the story, Dr....
May 5, 2021
Book Vs Movie: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Vs the David Fincher Movie
The Margos take on the world of magical realism with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in Collier’s Magazine in 1922. The main character,...