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Post by flan327 on Oct 8, 2020 13:48:05 GMT -5
I wonder how many of you realize that most fairy tales were NOT written for children?
Disney jollied things up
I think my LEAST favorite is The Little Match Girl
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Post by flan327 on Oct 8, 2020 13:49:17 GMT -5
Certain themes exist across disparate cultures and times
Cinderella for example
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Post by flan327 on Oct 10, 2020 10:51:27 GMT -5
I love fractured fairy tales
Jon Scieszka does a great job. In his variant of the Gingerbread Man...
Entitled "The Stinky Cheese Man," everyone runs away because he smells like Limburger cheese
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Post by mikemarshall3 on Oct 10, 2020 15:51:12 GMT -5
Most fairy tales do not even feature fairies!
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Post by flan327 on Oct 14, 2020 9:50:29 GMT -5
There are a few schools of thought about faeries
They might be goblins in disguise
🤷♀️
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