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GHOST WORLD, Terry Zwigoff’s 2001 adaptation of the Daniel Clowes comic book with the same name, departs from the source material in some key material ways but is about as faithful, spiritually, as anything you’ll find.
The film, like the comic, follows Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) right at the point where they start to navigate that weird post-high school, pre-rest of our life space we all experience. Here, though, a character named Seymour — a super-minor guy in the book who’s fleshed out considerably in the flick, where he’s played by Steve Buscemi — becomes something of an obsession for Enid.
In our bonus feature segment, we trace the history of comic-book and, by extension, superhero adaptations over time. We walk through how the industry transitioned from these quirky, counter-culture anomalies into the (withering) juggernaut of today.
Does GHOST WORLD still matter in 2026. Well … we completely forgot that segment LOL. It only took 22 episodes! As a mea culpa, Josh has offered himself up as sacrifice — stick around for the end of the episode to hear him singing karaoke with his sister Brittany.
SHOW NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10vSmi9YuhHvMZJo5nRLrvXPeu3CcUnHNLg4_KThAEgg/edit?usp=sharing
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