Retelling

Definitions

A new, changed, or adapted version of a story.

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Examples

“The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.”

“Like⟳ those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number⟳ of retellings, each more detailed than the last⟳, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass⟳ any historian's test⟳.”

“Huntsman feints at being the Snow⟳ White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.”

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