Scribe to Screen: Recent Episodes
Scribe to Screen
A podcast about visual adaptations of books from across the ages! Hosted by Kimberley Chiu and Charles Britton. Follow our social media channels for discussion on all things adaptation and spicy memes.
To the podcast! In this episode, we talk about the greatest love story ever told (on Tumblr): Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet's 1990 novel Good Omens and its 2019 TV adaptation.
Join Kim and Charles as we discuss the rise and fall of tumblr, the development of religious fanaticism over the ages, and the end of the world. Also, queer love. Hooray! It's nice (and accurate).
Content warnings: this episode includes discussions of emotional abuse, physical violence, religious extremism, homophobia, and racism.
Ce n'est pas un homme. C'est un champignon! Charles' sister and former IB French survivor Amy Britton joins the hosts this week to talk about Antoine de Saint Exupéry's classic novella, 'Le Petit Prince', and Mark Osborne's 2015 animated adaptation, 'The Little Prince'. There'll be criticisms of the hosts' French pronunciation, faux-Pixar kookiness, and how the real world is more frightening than Antoine de Saint Exupéry could have ever imagined.
Some adaptations are born great, some achieve greatness, and some are She's The Man. In our first episode discussing an adaptation of one of Shakespeare's plays, we tackle Andy Fickman's directorial magnum opus (after 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2', of course). Hear us talk about comphet, how to eat chicken so that people know you're a MAN, and how to write romances creepier than a 17th century English play. Did we mention we sometimes go to the theatre?
CW: extensive discussions of transphobia, homophobia, and sexism.
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Join Kim and Charles as we talk about Ian Fleming's 1953 novel Casino Royale, and its 2006 film adaptation featuring our first ever blond Bond! Charles was very invested in this fact. Come hear us talk about that, and also about: the fridging of Vesper Lind, the cinematic legacy of Jason Bourne, and Charles's totally straight, absolutely platonic, definitely-not-a-crush on Daniel Craig (the eyes!!)
Content warnings: this episode contains discussions of murder, terrorism, and suicide, a brief but in-depth description of drowning, and some explicit content.
Remember, remember, the other comics Alan Moore wrote with other Davids. Charles and Kim discuss the film and comic that radicalised baby Kim, analyse the aesthetics of 21st century fascism, and hate on Edmond Dantes. It could only be Alan Moore and David Lloyd's 'V for Vendetta' and the Lily and Lana Wachowski's 2006 adaptation.
CW: discussions of racism, homophobia, sexual and domestic abuse, Islamophobia, biological warfare, and plagues.
There can be episodes! When you believe!
Join Kim and Scribe to Screen's first ever guest, Miriam Kunin, as they discuss the book of Exodus and its 1998 musical adaptation The Prince of Egypt. Come hear them and chat about celebratory huts, Moses's White Guilt, and appropriate rhymes for "twig boy". Also, theology. Lots and lots of theology. Yes. :)
Content warnings: this episode includes discussions of racism, slavery, and infanticide, and mentions of sexual violence.
This is what you give us to work with? Well, honey, we've seen... oh, no, actually we haven't. That's right, it's the worst book we've ever read: Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians, and its 2018 film adaptation directed by Jon M Chu. Join Kim and Charles as we discuss Asian Family Values, consider how satire works, and go on a ten-minute rant about how to properly punctuate a sentence ending in "lah". Okay, that last one was mostly Kim.
Content warnings: this episode contains mentions of sexual content, extensive discussions of racism, and the truly obscene hoarding of wealth.
Heeeeeeeeeerrrrrrre's an episode. While trying to fill the Hunger Games-shaped holes in their hearts, Charles and Kim thought it would be fun to venture into the world of horror. What better place to start than with the most adapted living author and one of the mostly hotly debated American films of all time!? It's Stephen King's 'The Shining' and Stanley Kubrick's film project very loosely based on 'The Shining'. Come listen to us. You'll never want to leave.
Content warning: discussions of graphic violence, alcoholism, domestic abuse, racism
Scribe to Screen's final battle has begun. Come witness the end of an era as Kim and Charles talk about the final film in the Hunger Games series: Mockingjay Part 2. Join us on our journey through identity crises, Kim's favourite song lyrics, and the thorny ethics of making a boring war movie. Still a better love story than Twilight!
Content warnings: this episode contains discussions of violence, trauma, death and killing, mental illness, and suicidal ideation.
It's the end! Kind of. Francis Lawrence is doing a two-parter with the final book in the franchise. Yaaaay? Tune in to find out whether his second shot in the director's chair is a cynical cash-grab or underrated gem. We air some of our beef with J.K. Rowling, gush over some well-thought-out confirmations of canon, and ooh, Gale's in this one - I think.
Apologies for the slight echo of Charles' audio for the first half of the episode. Kim's audio settings meant that the mic picked up some of Charles' audio and it was quite hard to untie without cutting Kim out in places. Oop.
CW: mentions of gun violence, sex slavery, trauma, torture, and suicide
Rabbits! In this episode, Kim and Charles take a sharp hop back to childhood to discuss Richard Adams' children's classic, Watership Down, and its 1978 adaptation directed by Martin Rosen. Join us as we talk childhood trauma, hrududus (hrududil?), and the wonders of Boney M.
Content warnings: mentions of graphic violence and death, brief discussion of racism.
Do you smell burning? It's part two in our retrospective of The Hunger Games series. Francis Lawrence takes over as director but does Catching Fire hit the mark (that little weakness in the forcefield there) or is it a no-no from President Snow? Join us as we talk about how to create a consistent film canon, flesh out your other characters when you can't rely on first-person narration, and analyse the single scene that made Kim want to do this podcast!
(CW: talk of acts of violence, slight sexual references, brief discussions of PTSD and sexual harassment)
Taking a quick break from Panem, we're going Victorian with Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and comparing it with Cary Fukunaga's 2011 film adaptation. Why does Jane love Edward Rochester? Why did the interior decorator at Thornfield Hall get fired? Why is Dame Judi Dench standing amongst ruins in a dark cloak? All these questions and more will be answered in this episode.
(Content warning: discussions of racism, mental health, ableist language, sexism, and abusive relationships)
Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds of surviving in a brutally capitalist society be ever in your oh never mind! In this episode, we discuss Suzanne Collins's 2008 YA classic The Hunger Games, and its 2012 film adaptation directed by Gary Ross. Join us as we talk about Hollywood hack jobs, the pain of adolescence, and the character assassination of Katniss Everdeen. Fun!
Content warnings: this episode involves extensive discussions of death and killing, and a brief discussion of racism.
A little party never killed nobody! In this episode, we discuss the Great American Novel: F Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 book The Great Gatsby, and its 2013 adaptation directed by Baz Lurhmann. Join us as we talk about Leonardo DiCaprio's beautiful face, Lana Del Rey's beautiful voice, and Kim's ex-boyfriend. Also, you know, literature!
Content warnings: this episode contains mentions of death and abuse, discussions of racism, and a brief discussion of mental illness and its treatments.
Who watches the watchmen? We watch the Watchmen! Join Kim and Charles as we discuss Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's 1987 graphic novel and Zack Snyder's 2009 adaptation of the same. Topics of conversation include the Sound of Silence, Doctor Manhattan's giant blue dick, and the impending threat of nuclear annihilation. Fun!
Content warnings: this episode includes sexual content, discussions of sexual assault and graphic violence, and a brief mention of a hate crime.
Welcome to Scribe to Screen! This episode is an introduction to the podcast and to ourselves (Charles and Kim). Tune in to hear about our plans for the pod, our relationships with reading, and the sordid tale of our three-hour-long marriage ;)