For the genealogy project, I think the Wizard of Oz would be a good idea because there are many different remixes of the story. Originally, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a novel written by L. Frank Baum published in 1900. Later the broadway play came out in 1902 and the movie Wizard of Oz came out in 1939. Also, there are productions of Wicked, which tells the story on the side of the witches of the novel, The Wiz movie premiered in 1978, and most recently the Oz the Great and Powerful, and an animated movie called Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return. Also, another idea would be the British government's poster which said "Keep Calm and Carry On". The poster premiered in 1939 in preparation for WWII and was meant to help reassure citizens since England was a target during air attacks especially in London. There were many copies printed but the poster was never displayed in public and was rediscovered in 2000. Since then, many companies have been using their own "spinoffs" of the poster. The poster now has various "Keep On and..." sayings to appeal to a wider audience and change the meaning. There are also many parodies of the poster or even different phrases all together but with the same solid color background, same font, and crown. I could discuss the variety of uses and meanings on how the idea of "Keep Calm and Carry On" has changed or transformed.
Additionally, I think the idea of Peter Pan has transformed multiple times. The play was originally written by J. M. Barrie in 1904, later becoming a novel in 1911. There was a movie of Peter Pan which came out in 1953 which portrayed cartoon characters produced by Disney. Films also followed such as Return to Neverland and Hook as well as another production in 2003 titled Peter Pan. Once Upon a Time, a TV show on ABC in 2011, which has many remakes on "fairy tale" stories. Another show called Neverland premiered on the Syfy channel which was miniseries based on Peter Pan. Peter Pan would be an idea since the character of Peter Pan has changed but was based on the original play in 1904.
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