234 – Pop Culture Roundup

About this episode

T.Q. Townsend discusses upcoming adaptations of children's stories, including Little House on the Prairie, Lord Voldemort, and Masters of the Universe.

Here’s my thoughts on three upcoming adaptations of children’s stories. First, the preview trailer for the new Little House on the Prairie adaptation by Netflix looks like it might actually be . . . Good??? Also, it sounds like those rumors about HBO considering turning Lord Voldemort into Lady Voldemort might have some truth to it (ugh). And to wrap up, I react to a new featurette that’s been released about the upcoming Masters of the Universe adaptation and I’m feeling reassured, because they put to rest any idea that He-Man’s healthy brand of masculinity will be smeared as “toxic” in this adaptation.

People in this episode

Host: T.Q. Townsend

Topics covered

• children's adaptations
• pop culture
• film trailers
• literature
• masculinity

Keywords

• children's literature
• adaptations
• pop culture
• Netflix
• HBO
• He-Man
• masculinity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, HBO

Books & works: Little House on the Prairie, Lord Voldemort, Lady Voldemort, Masters of the Universe

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