Laughter: from Page to Screen Freaky Friday Book & Film Discussion
Hosted by Red Skelton Museum of American ComedyJoin fellow comedy lovers each month for a screening of a funny film adaptation. The next evening, discuss how the film compares to its novel source material.
Event Details
Join fellow comedy-lovers for a comparative discussion of the 1972 children’s novel Freaky Friday by author Mary Rodgers and the 1976 Gary Nelson-directed film adaptation of the same name, about a mother and daughter (played by Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, respectively) who discover their personalities have switched and have to live each other’s lives on one strange Friday.
This screening is a part of the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy’s year-long book and film festival called Laughter: From Page to Screen. Each month features a pair of programs that includes a screening of a comedy film adapted from a novel and is followed up the next evening by a comparative discussion of the book and the film at the Knox County Public Library.
Books for the series are available for checkout at both the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy and the Knox County Public Library.