JAGGED LITTLE PILL To Be Adapted Into A Novel

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 4:51pm

Coauthored by Eric Smith, Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard, and Diablo Cody, a YA novelization of Jagged Little Pill will hit bookshelves on April 26. Apparently this adaptation will focus more on the sexual assault subplot and how it affects each of the teenage characters, as opposed to the show's viewpoint on how it primarily affects the Healy family. 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/JAGGED-LITTLE-PILL-THE-NOVEL-to-be-Published-in-Spring-2022-20211209

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 4:54pm

No thank you. 

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 5:12pm

I can’t wait to not read this.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 5:38pm

I've pre-ordered. 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 5:52pm

Yeah… no thanks.

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 7:36pm

Jagged Little Pill: The Musical: The Novel. 

[Globefan]

Posted: 12/9/21 at 8:35pm

I wonder if JLP will ever get a big screen adaptation. 

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 12/10/21 at 3:00am

Is Jo going to be non-binary in this or are they going to try to erase the trans community even more??

[gibsons2]

Posted: 12/10/21 at 6:04am

mailhandler777 said: "Is Jo going to be non-binary in this or are they going to try to erase the trans community even more??"

I think the authors should enjoy the artistic freedom to write the characters any way they they see fit. Those who want a specific character to be written in any particular way, should write their own book.

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 12/10/21 at 8:24am

I'm interested to see how this turns out, because if anything, I think the argument should be louder than the Broadway one for the whole Jo thing. A novel is more accessible to the masses than a musical in one city.

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 12/10/21 at 3:11pm

I can’t say I’m surprised. I mean, it feels like every musical that resonates with young people gets adapted into a novel. Dear Evan Hansen has a novel and so does The Prom.

As I was writing, there were a few scenes in Jagged Little Pill that I can’t see adapting well (granted I can’t see the whole thing adapting well but still) the scene with Ironic comes to mind for some reason.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/10/21 at 3:40pm

I love a novel with four authors.