novel adaptation
Unfortunate might be in the title, but it’s no way to describe Netflix’s latest series
EIC January 23, 2017By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Staff Writer Based on the quirky and delightfully dark 1999 book series, Lemony Snicket’s A series of Unfortunate Events is the latest addition to Netflix’s growing library of original content. Consisting of eight episodes which cover the first four books, the show carefully balances tragedy and comedy as it follows Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who are orphaned after a fire consumes their home. Many of the lead actors are relative unknowns, with the most recognizable names likely being those of Patrick Warburton and Neil Patrick Harris who play narrator Lemony Snicket and the dreaded Count…
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Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein is a thrilling new work for the Royal Ballet
EIC May 31, 2016Hollywood has taken Frankenstein and turned it into a horror story featuring an iconic green monster with bolts sticking out the sides of his neck. But Mary Shelley’s original novel, as choreographer Liam Scarlett emphasizes, is more of a love…
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