@tati reminded me of something: I've actually seen or heard a lot of adaptations of A Christmas Carol at least once. she mentioned one I'd forgotten about, the Muppets one with Michael Caine. yep, I've seen it! once, maybe thirty years ago. but I've also seen, aside from the adaptations I've already mentioned:
- the George C. Scott TV adaptation that was a popular rerun special for a while
- a terrible 1999 Patrick Stewart version—considering how good Patrick Stewart is when he really means to be, I can only guess that he phoned this one in
- Mickey's Christmas Carol, with Scrooge McDuck (of course)
- An American Christmas Carol, with Henry Winkler in unconvincing makeup as Scrooge and a curious fictional device of a radio that can transport Scrooge back and forward in time
and I feel like maybe I'm forgetting one or two.
yes, A Christmas Carol has been adapted many times over, but I guess my real point is...adaptations of "Christmas Carol" are something that I've actively sought out. I rather wonder what I was hoping to get from adaptations. was I just trying to keep a flame alive? was I hoping to see something in an adaptation that I didn't get from the original text? I don't know.
~Chara
