18. The Producers

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Mel Brooks’ The Producers!

For this episode, we watched and discussed:

• The original 1967 movie, written and directed by Mel Brooks, and starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Watch on Amazon or iTunes.
• The Producers on Broadway (2001), written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, directed by Susan Stroman, and starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Listen to the original cast recording on iTunes or Amazon.
• Recording the Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks, the 2001 documentary that followed the production of the original cast album for the initial run of the Broadway musical, with appearances by Brooks, Meehan, Stroman, and stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Buy it on Amazon.
• The 2005 movie based on the Broadway musical, directed by Susan Stroman, and starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, and Will Ferrell. Watch on Amazon or iTunes. Buy the soundtrack on Amazon or iTunes.

Footnotes:

• Robin Hood: Men in Tights & The 2000 Year Old Man
• Monty Python’s Life of Brian
• Young Frankenstein, the 2007 Broadway musical starring Roger Bart
• Make ‘em Laugh and the Broadway Melody Ballet from Singin’ in the Rain
• The brilliance of Andrea Martin

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17. The Price of Salt/Carol

In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt!

We read and watched:

• Highsmith’s original novel (1952). Read it on Amazon or iBooks.
• Carol, the 2015 movie adaptation, directed by Todd Haynes, written by Phyllis Nagy, and starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Watch it on Amazon or iTunes.

Footnotes:

• Autostraddle.com
• “The Glove Lunch” (CAROL parody - Kate McKinnon & Kumail Nanjiani | 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards)
• “Bury Your Gays” on TVTropes.org
• Captain Awkward
• The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson
• The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train
• The films of Todd Haynes: Velvet Goldmine, Far from Heaven, I’m Not There.

16. The Giver

This week, we discuss Lois Lowry’s The Giver!

In this episode, we read and watched:

• The original novel, originally published in 1993. Buy it on Amazon or iBooks.
• The 2014 movie, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, and Jeff Bridges. Watch it on Amazon or iTunes.

Footnotes:

• The Island (2005)
• The Weinstein Company
• Walden Media
• “I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”
• Screenwriters Robert B. Weide and Michael Mitnick
• Pleasantville (1998)
• Stellar Skateboard
• The Giver panel at San Diego Comic Con 2014
• The Giver trailer on YouTube
• Baraka and Samsara