Classic tales have been morphed and changed by time itself. Time twists and turns old stories and creates different versions of them. With these versions people are left to debate about which is better. By denotation a tale is a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. Even though there is a sea of retellings and parodies of the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain there are two versions that embody this classic tale well. The first one is the podcast “Japanese ‘Prince’ Switched At Birth Was Raised a Pauper” by NPR and the second one being the live action movie The Prince and Pauper directed by Giles Foster. However, the live action movie is far better than the podcasts for many reasons. Numerous
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To start, the live action is better because it is easy to visualize. To prove myself, a live action movie is played on a screen so therefore one can see the actors. This shows that the live action is better because one can’t be wrong when trying to imagine by reason of the movie being shown in the correct way in front of people. Not only is it better because it is easy to visualize, but it also feels real. The actors are astounding at their job and they make the movie feel as if it was actually happening. This represents that that it feels real because to make a move feel authentic there has to be good acting. To add on to the live action being proven better because it feels real, it is also hilarious. According to the movie the actor for Miles Hendon says, “Meaning spicy pork” (Giles). This laughs that the movie is funny because the actor was referring to when he told the bad person a law he made up that he said in Spanish. To recapitulate, although there is a sea of retellings and parodies of the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain there are two versions that embody this classic tale well. The first one is the podcast “Japanese ‘Prince’ Switched At Birth Was Raised a Pauper” by NPR and the second one being the live action movie The Prince and the Pauper directed by Giles Foster. However, the live action movie is far better than the podcasts
To start, the live action is better because it is easy to visualize. To prove myself, a live action movie is played on a screen so therefore one can see the actors. This shows that the live action is better because one can’t be wrong when trying to imagine by reason of the movie being shown in the correct way in front of people. Not only is it better because it is easy to visualize, but it also feels real. The actors are astounding at their job and they make the movie feel as if it was actually happening. This represents that that it feels real because to make a move feel authentic there has to be good acting. To add on to the live action being proven better because it feels real, it is also hilarious. According to the movie the actor for Miles Hendon says, “Meaning spicy pork” (Giles). This laughs that the movie is funny because the actor was referring to when he told the bad person a law he made up that he said in Spanish. To recapitulate, although there is a sea of retellings and parodies of the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain there are two versions that embody this classic tale well. The first one is the podcast “Japanese ‘Prince’ Switched At Birth Was Raised a Pauper” by NPR and the second one being the live action movie The Prince and the Pauper directed by Giles Foster. However, the live action movie is far better than the podcasts