Hurray for Disney and their hits, but please do yourself a favor that Disney wont endorse, but you owe to yourself anyway; please go read the originals. Danish author Hans Christian Anderson published Snedronningen (the Snow Queen) in 1844* and it focuses on the effects of a devils mirror which distorts true love for a time. No dancing, singing, snowmen, sorry. Rapunzel, presented by the Brothers Grimm, is an adaptation of the German fairy tale Persinette by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force originally published in 1698*, and is far more morose than Mouse-House standards allow. The Little Mermaid was another Hans Christian Anderson gig, one that he premiered in 1837* and again is far more morbid than G rated Ariel could fit between musical numbers with singing crabs. Tarzan, by English author Edgar Rice Burroughs, was first published in a magazine in 1912*, and spoke about a British Lord and Lady who were thrown off their own vessel sailing off the coast of Africa. Lady Greystoke died of natural causes after giving birth to her son, before Lord Greystoke was murdered by the same gorillas who adopted the infant. Over the course of the twenty-five sequels that ERB wrote alone he had a lot more things to do than mimic random sounds and fight one persistent leopard. Cosmos-style side note: Jane Goodall described the Tarzan series as having a major influence on her childhood. She states that she felt she would be a much better spouse for Tarzan than his fictional wife, Jane, and that when she first began to live among and study the chimpanzees she was fulfilling her childhood dream of living among the great apes just as Tarzan did.* Read a book or two. Wont hurt ya, might even inspire your kids to open new worlds of science and understanding. (*All references via Wikipedia)
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:06:59 +0000
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