About this episode
The panel discusses the movie 'Sheep Detectives', the Netflix series 'Lord of Flies', and a recent critique of book reviews.
On this week’s show, our panel of Dana, Steve, and Sam Adams are on the case. The case: is the movie Sheep Detectives a real movie and is it any good? The answer: it’s a star-studded cozy murder mystery based on a best-selling book about ungulate sleuths… and yeah, it might just be the surprise word-of-mouth delight of the season. Next, they take up the proverbial conch shell to assess Lord of Flies , the new Netflix limited series adaptation of William Golding’s classic novel from the creator of Adolescence. Finally, they’re joined by longtime Slate book reviewer Laura Miller who understandably has some thoughts and feelings about the recent piece by New York Times book critic Dwight Garner “ Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone? ” In an exclusive bonus episode for Slate Plus subscribers, Laura sticks around to report back from her viewing of the strange mess that is the new Animal Farm adaptation. Endorsements Laura : The new book by philosopher and polymath C. Thi Nguyen The Score: How To Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game . Steve : The music of the Brazilian recording artist Sessa and the chamber music piece Quartet for the End of Time by O livier Messiaen. Sam…
People in this episode
Hosts: Dana, Steve, Sam Adams
Guest: Laura Miller
Topics covered
- movie review
- TV adaptation
- book criticism
- entertainment
- murder mystery
Keywords
- Sheep Detectives
- Lord of Flies
- Laura Miller
- book reviews
- C. Thi Nguyen
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times
Books & works: Sheep Detectives, Lord of Flies, Adolescence, Animal Farm, The Score: How To Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game, Quartet for the End of Time, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, Patrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare
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