Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene
Learn about the bizarre changes to Nancy Drew over time, who wrote the stories, and why she’s inspired millions, even if we can’t remember what happened in her books.
Watch/read/listen:
- (VIDEO) Trailer for the new CW series:
- (VIDEO) Trailer for the 2019 film:
- (VIDEO) An episode of the 1970 TV series:
- (IMAGES): A chronological comparison of cover artwork:
http://bit.ly/covercomparisons
- (IMAGES): The international cover art differences:
- (ARTICLE): The 1930 newspaper article about the shark-shooting author:
- (ARTICLE): About the adaptability of Nancy Drew:
- Get a copy of an original Nancy Drew book:
Topics from today’s episode:
01:30 - Nancy Drew’s mom is dead?
04:00 - Stratemeyer, literary genius
05:50 - the real-life Nancy Drew
08:30 - scandal of the true authors
10:00 - author shoots shark from airplane
13:00 - Nancy’s artwork in other countries
15:15 - the anti-racist revisions in the 60’s
16:50 - the sexual revisions in the 80’s
19:30 - who is Nancy Drew for?
23:50 - Nancy overtakes the Hardy Boys
25:50 - strange and failed adaptations
29:10 - the CW’s take on Nancy
32:00 - why Nancy Drew is so great
34:30 - you could be Nancy Drew!
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