Between Two Genres And No Genre At All: The Case of Zach Galifianakis’ Netflix Special

callie
callie
Nov 2 · 3 min read

Adaptation is an art. Most stories can’t simply go from book to TV, from a console screen to a cinema one. At least not without some amount of difference between the two versions. Yet there are undoubtedly great works of art adapted from other great works of art. It is far from a new phenomenon. Take a quick look at the number of works adapted…

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many things matter to me. art. music. baby goats. activism. pop culture. hummus. film. books. livin’ la vida loca by ricky martin. i write about some of these.

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