It’s a term that raises a lot of unanswered questions: Faithful to what, or whom? Do fans of the original work have more of a claim on the adaptation than everyone else? Can you be faithful and creative at the same time - and do people asking for faithfulness even want that? Or do they simply want obedience? “Faithfulness” has become a watchword for adaptations, sometimes a measure of authenticity, sometimes a billy club to police divergences from a favorite story. Films have become TV series (including “Shadows,” an adaptation of a 2015 movie), as have books and superhero comics and podcasts and manga and video games. But Nandor is on to something: TV today is full of Things Based on Other Things. There is not yet a series based on a slot machine - that I know of. “Very faithful to the slot machine!” he marvels. In a 2021 episode of “What We Do in the Shadows,” the ancient vampire Nandor goes to Atlantic City and is smitten with a slot machine themed on “The Big Bang Theory.” Later, he’s amazed to discover that “The Big Bang Theory” is also a TV show.
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