Something's Rotten in Gotham City

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Something's Rotten in Gotham City

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Jan 22, 2021

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Adaptations are rarely 100% accurate to their source material, but where is the line between adaptation and a completely new story with the same old name? Jonathan and Ariel discuss when a story isn't the story it says it is.Then we adapt two very unlikely stories of our own.
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Jan 22, 2021

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