Nancy Drew | how her mysteries inspired millions

Illiterate

English - October 18, 2019 17:47 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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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:
http://bit.ly/cwtrail

(VIDEO) Trailer for the 2019 film:
http://bit.ly/2019trail

(VIDEO) An episode of the 1970 TV series:
http://bit.ly/1970trail

(IMAGES): A chronological comparison of cover artwork:
http://bit.ly/covercomparisons

(IMAGES): The international cover art differences:
http://bit.ly/intntlcovers

(ARTICLE): The 1930 newspaper article about the shark-shooting author:
http://bit.ly/sharkshooter

(ARTICLE): About the adaptability of Nancy Drew:
http://bit.ly/nancyarticle

Get a copy of an original Nancy Drew book:
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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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