EXPLOITING HIGH CULTURE Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, might not recognize our popular culture’s mutations of her Gothic classic. First published in 1818, the novel has inspired numerous interpretations, everything from the scary—Boris Karloff in the classic 1931 movie—to the silly—the Munster family in the 1960s TV sitcom and the lovable creature in the 1974 movie Young Frankenstein. Can you think of another example of a story that has developed and changed over time and through various media transformations?