tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post8677672089540183722..comments2023-10-16T21:11:30.335+01:00Comments on Space Cat Rocket Ship: On the Misuse of the Term 'Fairy Tale'Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-45871076188808288522007-09-25T11:26:00.000+01:002007-09-25T11:26:00.000+01:00I've always wondered what Disney could do to prett...I've always wondered what Disney could do to prettify Bluebeard or the Little Match Girl...I think the studio heads have wisely figured out though, that there are some tales that even they can't candycoat and market to today's 5 to 10 year old demographic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-6796346632519629202007-09-23T13:08:00.000+01:002007-09-23T13:08:00.000+01:00Perhaps, but it's not the out-and-out criticism th...Perhaps, but it's not the out-and-out criticism that many take it to be. I can imagine someone of suitable pomposity arguing that the Emperor behaves correctly.Pacianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-4870076132649056292007-09-21T03:39:00.000+01:002007-09-21T03:39:00.000+01:00What a great point. The one that popped into my mi...What a great point. The one that popped into my mind is <I>The Little Match Girl</I>. Not a happy story...<BR/><BR/>I think that <I>The Emperor's New Clothes</I> may actually be a criticism of the ways of the court, however.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-59301033895571939352007-09-20T19:02:00.000+01:002007-09-20T19:02:00.000+01:00Many fairy tales are absolutely miserable! Cindere...Many fairy tales are absolutely miserable! Cinderella's mother died - that wasn't lovely. People do latch onto the 'happily ever after' line and forget all the rest. The princess gets her prince and all is right for her.<BR/><BR/>Another way to look at it, possibly, is that fairy tales are full of extremes. <BR/><BR/>Good - evil.<BR/>Diligent - lazy.<BR/>Beautiful - ugly.<BR/>Clever - stupid.<BR/>Rich - poor.<BR/><BR/>If you win your true love, there is nothing there about arguing, falling back out of love, rival princesses, your husband snoring at night... (I can't remember any, anyway)...<BR/><BR/>Real life is more grey and less certain than fairy tales, and I suppose everybody wants to be the prince or the princess, and have a bright and beautiful life surrounded by wealth and riches and white harts...<BR/><BR/>Actually I nearly typed 'surrounded by wealth and witches'. That too, perhaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-4393505787002436732007-09-19T18:09:00.000+01:002007-09-19T18:09:00.000+01:00I heartliy agree. A swedish friend of mine had a f...I heartliy agree. A swedish friend of mine had a few old books of fairy tales from her Mom. Most ended horribly. They were morality lessons for children and adults. And in reality things are not always so happy. Heck, there are even all kinds of bad fairies and elves and such in old legends...they seem to be left out unless they are a needed plot device.<BR/><BR/>Disney keeps happyafying (yes I just ade that up) them...The Little Mermaid ended very differently in the old book I read it from. <BR/><BR/>A Disney film I'd like to see: I recall one particular Swedish fairy tale about a woman whose lover was killed so she kept his head in a potted plant pot and watered it with tears to be near her in her life of dispair with someone esle...definitley not Disney...Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-27031953934965822052007-09-18T11:17:00.000+01:002007-09-18T11:17:00.000+01:00I blame Disney - they took the teeth out of everyt...I blame Disney - they took the teeth out of everything - which at 31 years old I find annoying, but at 6 years old, I quite liked, lol ;)Kayt Ludihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816768450828488122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26420092.post-64927287919961696342007-09-18T04:56:00.000+01:002007-09-18T04:56:00.000+01:00Agreed. I expect the phrase came after the soften...Agreed. I expect the phrase came after the softened- for-children-izing of the old stories.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com