[via e-mail] So I'm in this Adaptation class.

[adiva_calandia]

Dramaturgy III: Adaptation. We've been reading and watching adaptations of various theatrical texts all semester: The Tempest and Forbidden Planet (which is THE MOST FUN to MST), Othello and A Play About A Handkerchief, Richard III and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, etc. Each student has also been working on a project in which we examine a

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[lienne]

...

Hamlet.

Lion King.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

[lienne]

also feminist rewrite of Princess Bride fuck yes the end.

[adiva_calandia]

Have you never heard that claim? It was supposedly pitched as "Hamlet meets Bambi in Africa." I mean, it's about a prince whose father is killed by his brother; the uncle takes over the kingdom unjustly; the prince spends some time in exile with his two goofy buddies. There's even a pompous old advisor character.

Of course, the truth is that Lion King is much more of an adaptation outright ripoff of Kimba, the White Lion, though you'll never get Disney to admit it.

[eatenbyfangirls]

Admittedly, they continued the claim further with Lion King 1 1/2. The concept for the spin off is based around Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

[rymenhild]

...is it any good?

[batyatoon]

I didn't enjoy it much.