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This work examines the symbolism of fantasy fiction, literal and
figurative representation in fantastic film adaptations, and the
imaginative differences between page and screen. Essays focus on
movies adapted from various types of fantasy fiction - novels,
short stories and graphic novels - and study the transformation and
literal translation from text to film in the ""Lord of the Rings""
series, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"", ""Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory"", ""Howl's Moving Castle"", ""Finding Neverland"", ""The
Wizard of Oz and the Broadway Adaptation Wicked"", and ""Practical
Magic"".
In the past two decades, Othello has tried out for the basketball
team, Macbeth has taken over a fast food joint, and King Lear has
moved to an lowa farm - Shakespeare is everywhere in popular
culture. This collection of essays addresses the use of
Shakespearean narratives, themes, imagery, and characterizations in
non-Shakespearian cinema. The essays explore how Shakespeare and
his work are manipulated within the popular media and explore
topics such as racism, jealousy, misogyny and nationality. The
question of whether a contemporary production is influenced by
Shakespeare or by an earlier piece that influenced Shakespeare is
also addressed. The submissions concentrate on film and television
programs that are adaptations of Shakespearean plays, including My
Own Private Idaho, CSI-Miami, A Thousand Acres, Prospero's Books,
O, 10 Things I Hate About You, Withnail and I, Get Over It, and The
West Wing. Each chapter includes notes and a list of works cited. A
full bibliography completes the work; it is divided into
bibliographies and filmographies, general studies and essays,
derivatives based on a single play, derivatives based on several,
and derivatives based on Shakespeare as a character.
No American television show of the past decade has been vilified as
has ""Comedy Central's South Park"". This is the show that has
featured, in turn, a nine-year-old boy enmeshed in an affair with
Ben Affleck, a maniacal Mel Gibson smearing feces everywhere, and
the misadventures of Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, a talking,
bouncing, singing piece of poop. While it's not always an exercise
in good taste, ""South Park"" is a socially significant satire that
has also devoted entire episodes to interpretations of ""Great
Expectations"", Ken Burns' ""Civil War"", and ""Hamlet"". This
volume explores the popularity and cultural relevance of ""South
Park"" and its place as an artistically and politically worthy
satire. Among the topics explored are the show's parody of the
processes of manufacturing political consent; its treatments of
Shakespeare's plays; the interrogation of anti-tobacco legislation;
and the show's creators' seemingly irreverent and dismissive
treatment of environmentalism.
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