#13: Take Two

We discuss Michael Fassbender’s Macbeth, the recent BBC adaptations of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Cider with Rosie, and reminisce about teen movie Shakespeare retelling She’s the Man.

The Links

On Macbeth

Ryan Gilbey’s review of Macbeth.

The trailer for the film.

The details about the 2005 Macbeth from the BBC’s Shakespeare Retold series.

On Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Cider with Rosie

Rachel Cooke’s review of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

Sarah Hughes on Cider with Rosie, and the BBC’s attempt to create “heritage television for the Downton Abbey age”.

On She’s the Man (and other teen movie Shakespeare retellings)

The trailer for She’s the Man.

The 27 best moments from the film.

Bim Adewunmi’s great piece remembering 10 Things I Hate About You.

Next week:

Anna is reading Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

Your questions:

We loved talking about your recommendations and feedback this week. If you have thoughts you want to share on anything we've discussed, or questions you want to ask us, please email us on srslypod[at]gmail.com, or @ us on Twitter @srslypod, or get in touch via tumblr here. We also have Facebook now.

Music

The music featured this week, in order of appearance, is:

Our theme music is “Guatemala - Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.

See you next week!

#6: Inside Fandom

We get all weepy over Pixar's Inside Out, delve into the world of the Cumberfandom, and get acquainted with The Wicked and the Divine.

The Links

On Inside Out:

This is the trailer we feel really didn't represent the film:

Here's a piece making the case that Inside Out fails at body positivity.

And here is the piece where Peter Bradshaw compares the emotions to the Scooby Doo gang.

On Benedict Cumberbatch and fandom:

The man himself, asking people not to film him:

Here's Caroline's piece about the CumberHamlet, and here is her one from last summer about Martin Freeman's Richard III and the clap-shaming.

Here we are talking about the Shakespeare side of things with Helen Lewis on the NS podcast.

This is Elizabeth Minkel's piece about fanfiction and the imbalance of power between celebrities and fans.

On The Wicked and the Divine:

There's an introduction to the series here.

More info and notes from the creators are on their tumblr here.

Writer Kieron Gillan is on Twitter @kierongillen. Illustrator Jamie McKelvie is @McKelvie.

For next week, Caroline is watching the US TV series Broad City.

Your questions:

If you have thoughts you want to share on anything we've discussed, or questions you want to ask us, please email us on srslypod[at]gmail.com, or @ us on Twitter @srslypod, or get in touch via tumblr here.

Our theme music is “Guatemala - Panama March” (by Heftone Banjo Orchestra), licensed under Creative Commons.

See you next week!