Happy Birthday, Jacob Grimm

[filkertom]

On this date in 1785. He became famous for being transformed by cosmic rays into the Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed...






... Sorry. Wrong guy. This Grimm, and his brother Wilhelm, collected Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Different approach from normal: What fairy tales bug you the most? For me, trying to describe the plot of Rumplestiltskin is like trying to describe the plot of The Rocky Horror Show. It makes absolutely no frickin' sense at all.

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[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

There was a piece someone wrote on LiveJournal over a year ago...

http://siderea.livejournal.com/201206.html

I think it's a great bit of writing and of sociology in general, and especially check out her brief discussion of Grimm. Apparently the tales are, to say the least, out of vogue in primary-education circles, and some of her classmates didn't understand why...and when they realized that, for example, Cinderella is about passively accepting abuse until you are swept away, and Beauty and the Beast is pretty much the anti-Lifetime Original Movie, they were quite shocked.

(The points raised about Disney versus "original" are another topic, one I'm not touching on until I'm sure I have my thoughts in order...but I know the theme is "is the Disney version somehow less because it's a rewrite?")

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Believe me, that Disney thing is indeed a whole 'nother discussion. Although, and I address this to ladystarblade above as well, did you get the new DVD of The Little Mermaid, and see their short adaptation of The Poor Little Matchgirl? They did it straight. So sad, so freakin' beautiful.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

that Disney thing is indeed a whole 'nother discussion.

I know, that's why I trashed what was going to be a rant on the topic.

[ladysmith.livejournal.com]

You're KIDDING?!? They did *Matchgirl* straight???

Bedamned. Now I think I *have* to get the DVD, just to see that.

[ladystarblade.livejournal.com]

*lifts eyebrow* My roommate got the DVD, but I haven't seen it yet. Must investigate...thanks for the heads-up.