"Misery" (with Lee Matthew Goldberg)

About this episode

Tobias Carroll and guest Lee Matthew Goldberg discuss the film Misery and its adaptation from Stephen King's novel.

In this episode of Framed & Bound, host Tobias Carroll and guest Lee Matthew Goldberg discuss the 1990 film Misery , an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. It's also the third King adaptation to be covered on this podcast. One of these days, we'll get to Secret Window . Discussed in this episode: the greatness of Kathy Bates, Rob Reiner's suspense chops, the challenges of adapting Stephen King, Tobias's issues with season one of Castle Rock , Misery and toxic fandom, and when bestselling writers have bizarre subway ads. As discussed in the episode: reviews of the graphic novel Parasocial and the documentary King on Screen . In two weeks, Constance Squires stops by to discuss another literary adaptation about the life of a writer: Ask the Dust . Our logo is by Mack V .

People in this episode

Host: Tobias Carroll

Guest: Lee Matthew Goldberg

Topics covered

• film adaptation
• Stephen King
• suspense
• toxic fandom
• graphic novels
• documentaries

Keywords

• Misery
• Stephen King
• Kathy Bates
• Rob Reiner
• Castle Rock
• Parasocial
• King on Screen
• Ask the Dust

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Castle Rock

Books & works: Misery, Parasocial, King on Screen, Ask the Dust

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