Ghost World and Why Adapting Comics is Hard

In which I dig into comics as a medium, and why Ghost World adapted comics to film the right way.
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0:00 What is Ghost World?
0:32 Unconventional Teen Movie/Comics Adaptation
1:53 Comics as a Medium
4:07 Ghost World the Comic
5:09 Ghost World the Movie
6:29 Similarities and Differences
7:22 I Love Enid/Thora Birch
7:56 The Moral of Ghost World, How Each Medium Communicates It

Ghost World is unconventional for a comic book movie. In this video essay/analysis I try to breakdown why it's a perfect example of adapting comics to film. Looking at the movie, its source material, as well as Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics, I talk about what makes the medium of comics so unique. It's a challenge to adapt it to film, despite the fact that many modern movies are based on comics.

The moral of Ghost World? Sticking to a story's theme and characters is much more important than replicating the plot or serving "page accuracy." Ghost World is about the trap of ironic detachment, and how that stops one Enid Coleslaw from finding purpose in her life. The cure? A healthy dose of sincerity. That core is present in both the comic and the movie, and that's why they both work so well. The Criterion edition of this movie is beautiful by the way, definitely the best way to watch it.

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