Fun Home: Musical vs. GN

I've read Fun Home a few times, but I just got around to listening to the musical soundtrack last week. Now, I loved the book, but for such an intimate story, it was presented in a sort of detached or investigative manner. That makes sense (especially if you read How I Met Your Mother Are You my Mother (thanks Jay!) and get a more complete picture of her childhood). I imagine it was really hard to make being that it was so personal and this made it easier. The musical (or at least the soundtrack, since I haven't seen it), however, takes all of the emotion that was muted in the book and brings it out hard. Telephone Wire completely wrecked me. I think it's a really interesting example of how different creators in a different medium adapting the same story can make art that produces a completely different reaction.

Also I keep hearing Telephone Wire in my head once a day and getting choked up, so I wanted to talk about it.