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Adaptation Visual

Adriana Dorn

Created on October 17, 2023

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ADAPTATION

Fidelity

"Original"

Infidelity

Infidelity

appropriating & interrogating

Some adaptations develop with an intent to subvert or interrogate the original story.

Examples:

  • Maleficent
  • The Little Mermaid by Disney
  • Wicked

Fidelity

is it necessary or better?

Some have argued that holding to the spirit of the original text, if not to the actual story itself, is a necessary component of a good adaptation.

Examples:

  • Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films.
  • BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice mini-series

"Original"

Is there such a thing as an original? If so, does the adaptation challenge it, or promote it? Further, how and why does the opinion of the audience change towards the original when an adaptation is created? Is it actually the original?