that was the line that was on one of the avatars that i use on msn. i'm not trying to bash fairy tales here, but whoa just going back to look at some of the fairy tales with the eyes of a 21 year-old is way different than a kid.
first of all i looked to see when "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" was written, and it was written in the 80's!!! i was really disappointed. aren't all fairy tales suppose to be written a long long time ago. it just doesn't seem right that a fairy tale could be written so "recently". that's my first beef. my second beef is the way fairy tales promote "love" and "beauty", etc.... it's all so...wrong. it makes me wonder if i would actually read my daughter(s) fairy tales, if i have any. those tales could create some serious problems.
now onto the little mermaid. i was watching it last night, and seriously there were some scenes that were scandalous even if it was just a cartoon. yikesers. AND to top that off....prince eric is really AWKWARD. i physically cringed at some of the stuff he said.
i looove the 12 dancing princesses though.
ReplyDeletei used to think it was the best fairy tale ever!
shelly - you should take children's lit. or read the background and analyses of fairy tales. fairly disturbing. but fascinating.
ReplyDeleteHey Shelly,
ReplyDeleteI am coming out of the dark to say that I read your blog from time to time. I am no longer blogstalking. I am out there!