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Anne of Green Gables: retellings vs reimaginings
I read Dan in Green Gables recently, which is a queer, gender flipped reimagining of Anne of Green Gables in a YA graphic novel. Set in the 1990s, 15-year-old Dan is left by his mother with his paternal grandparents in rural Tennessee. Dan is obviously queer and isn't immediately accepted by his conservative, Southern Baptist grandfather (but is immediately loved by his grandmother for being the only child of her deceased son).
Initially I was skeptical of the gender swap for both Anne and which foster parent was loving vs grumpy, but then I realised that being a visibly queer and different teenage boy in a fairly conservative rural town in the 1990s was fairly close to how Anne is seen as different and 'not like other girls' (really, not like anyone else) in Avonlea. Dan has a bit of a temper (he throws a book at 'Gilbert's' head in a great nod to the famous flate scene), loves beautiful things, finds some kindred spirits at school and eventually he and his grandfather come to understand each other better.
However, I am very glad the book called itself a reimagining of AOGG and not a retelling. Dan had some of Anne's characteristics and relationship dynamics, but the story doesn't really follow the beats of the original novel at all. Apart from the book throwing incident, the only other real nod to the original story is when Dan buys a nice dress for his grandfather to give to his grandmother (the dress has the semblance of puffed sleeves). The book was not retelling AOGG - it was taking some characters and ideas from it and reimagining them in a different setting.
Reading Dan of Green Gables gave me a very clear sense in my head about the difference between reimaginings and retellings of classic stories. I think it mostly applies to modern or AU interpretations of classic works, but I think fully understanding and committing to the difference could help some film makers in particular when they want to remake classic films (looking at you, recent Persuasion (and possibly Wuthering Heights), in particular). If you want to take characters or elements and play with them in a different way, call it a reimagining. Don't try to sell it as a retelling or even just a straight remake of the classic. Thinking of something as a reimagining helps me to evaluate it on its own merits and not constantly compare it to the source material.
It also made me reflect on how I would classify the other modern AOGG adaptations I have watched or read:
Green Gables Fables - retelling. YouTube series in the style of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries. It followed a lot of the character arcs and narrative beats, just transposed to a modern setting.
Anne of West Philly - retelling. Middle grade graphic novel. This is my favourite of all the three I've read, because I thought it captured both Anne's character and the narrative beats of the original well in a modern setting (Anne getting Diana drunk on liqueur chocolates!). Slight twist on the ending to give it a queer flavour, but I didn't mind it.
Anne of Greenville - reimagining. Queer YA novel. Possibly the best modern interpretation of Anne as a character, but in a completely different plot. The Mrs Lynde character wasn't sympathetic at all??? Anne had lesbian mothers, and was queer herself, which is good, but also meant that it missed a large chunk of the belonging and found family story that really makes AOGG what it is.
Does anyone else have any thoughts about AOGG retellings vs reimaginings? Others to recommend I check out?
(I should acknowledge @batrachised, who I'm pretty sure was the person who brought Dan in Green Gables to my attention by reblogging something about it.)
lin manuel miranda more like lil manuel miranda
Dreamz
i has a dream last night and I was watching Hamilton with some people. I look at the stage, and Lin Manuel Miranda is there and then he comes over to my table(I don't know why I was at a table) and gave us cupcakes. Then my sibling woke me up and I was so pissed. Also I think I was still dreaming when they woke me up
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Firmy AI mają coraz większy problem z karmieniem swoich dużych modeli LLM. Mimo namiętnego korzystania również z nielegalnych źródeł oraz sięgania, także często wbrew prawu, po treści chronione na zabezpieczonych stronach firmowych, głód nowych danych od dłuższego już czasu zaczyna być coraz bardziej odczuwalny.
Dlatego firmy tego segmentu zaczęły łakomym wzrokiem spoglądać na... antykwariaty.
"Europejskie antykwariaty i księgarnie z używanymi książkami alarmują o nietypowej fali zamówień składanych przez zagraniczne firmy powiązane z branżą sztucznej inteligencji. Według informacji holenderskiego radia BNR podobne zgłoszenia napływają z Holandii, Niemiec, Szwajcarii i Hiszpanii. Sprzedawcy podejrzewają, że kupowane egzemplarze nie trafiają do kolekcjonerów ani bibliotek, lecz są wykorzystywane do tzw. destrukcyjnego skanowania, po którym książki są niszczone."
Do wielu firm antykwarycznych zajmujących się wtórnym obrotem specjalistycznych pozycji zaczęły masowo spływać mailowe zamówienia na duże liczby woluminów wyszczególnionych wg kolejnych numerów ISBN, które nie łączyły się w żaden tematyczny sposób.
Zamówienia składane były codziennie między godziną 3:00 a 5:00 nad ranem od początku maja przez kanadyjską firmę Zoom Books, która kupowała przypadkowe, wysoce specjalistyczne publikacje.
"Podejrzenia te nabrały znaczenia po ujawnieniu informacji o "Project Panama", realizowanym przez firmę Anthropic od początku 2024 roku. Jak wynika z dokumentów przedstawionych podczas postępowania sądowego w Stanach Zjednoczonych, przedsiębiorstwo kupowało książki wartości milionów dolarów z myślą o tzw. destrukcyjnym skanowaniu. Proces polega na odcięciu grzbietu książki, mechanicznym zeskanowaniu pojedynczych stron, a następnie wyrzuceniu papierowych egzemplarzy.
Sprawa ujrzała światło dzienne podczas procesu dotyczącego naruszeń praw autorskich przeciwko Anthropic w czerwcu 2025 roku. Chociaż właściciel chatbota Claude zawarł ugodę, postępowanie zwróciło uwagę na istotny aspekt amerykańskiego prawa. Sąd uznał, że zniszczenie legalnie zakupionej fizycznej książki w celu jej zeskanowania może mieścić się w granicach zasady fair use, o ile przedsiębiorstwo jest właścicielem egzemplarza."
Cały proces wzbudził duże zaniepokojenie branży wydawniczej i księgarsko-antykwarycznej. Powołano np. platformę Bookpact.ai. - inicjatywę która "ma umożliwić wydawcom określenie, czy ich książki mogą być wykorzystywane przez firmy rozwijające sztuczną inteligencję, na jakich warunkach oraz za jaką opłatą."
Duże poruszenie wywołuje też
sam proces "destrukcyjnego skanowania", czyli de facto niszczenia książek antykwarycznych,jako sposób traktowania"pozbawiony szacunku dla ich wartości kulturowej."
Czy sposób korzystania z egzemplarzy antykwarycznych powinien dopuszczać ich fizyczne niszczenie?
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