Episode 3 – Old Works, Different Takes, and New Lives

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You may remember the previous post about this topic (Episode 3 Preview) or you might not.

In episode 3, “Old Works, Different Takes, and New Lives”, I set out to explore why we choose to re-tell, re-envision, or re-invent certain stories and what makes them worth the reboot. It’s an all too familiar phenomenon in films where they’re often literally re-made. But it’s different in theatre, and how it’s different is pretty interesting.

But things didn’t exactly play out as I planned.

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