Category Archives: Fairy Tales

The Missing Crinklink

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

I’ve been looking recently at how the Wizard of Oz is portrayed throughout the Oz series, and this Lit Brick comic offers another good example of the character being a jerk, and oddly enough it’s known that it’s not entirely … Continue reading →

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Still I Think He’s Rather Tasty

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Aladdin – I’ve always liked this movie quite a bit. I saw it three times at the theater, which was a lot for me, although I’m sure some of you have seen films at the theater more times than that. … Continue reading →

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So Much for My Happy Ending

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

This comic got me thinking about stock openings and closings for fairy tales, particularly the latter. I’m terrible at coming up with endings. You may have noticed that a lot of my posts end pretty abruptly. Anyway, the “happily ever … Continue reading →

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Tale as Old as Time, Song as Old as Rhyme

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Beauty and the Beast – I’ve come across several references to this movie as of late, including this list of plot holes and an article about how Belle was in an abusive relationship with the Beast. I’m sure I’ll have … Continue reading →

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I’ve Struck Eulenspiegel

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

To close out April Fools’ Day, let’s take a look at one of the most famous pranksters in history. Well, at least he’s supposed to be famous, but I’ve hardly heard of him. I’m referring to Till Eulenspiegel, a German … Continue reading →

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Girl Power in Oz

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Joe Roth, the producer of Oz the Great and Powerful, has gone on record as saying he liked the story because “a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by.” Obviously, this has raised the question … Continue reading →

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Big, Bad, and Genetically Engineered

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

Scarlet, by Marissa Meyer – The second volume in the Lunar Chronicles turns to another fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood.” Since this story is shorter and less involved than “Cinderella,” there aren’t quite as many references to the original … Continue reading →

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I Want to Be Where the People Are

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

The Little Mermaid – Disney’s twenty-eighth animated feature is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, but takes a lot of liberties with its source material. This is typical for Disney, of course, but in this particular case it’s … Continue reading →

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This Ain’t No Holle Day

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

The Red Fairy Book, collected by Andrew Lang, edited by Brian Alderson – I have already read several of these Fairy Books, collections of various fairy tales including the famous and the more obscure, but not in order. In his … Continue reading →

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Cozy Kingdoms

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

The Princess of Cozytown, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – This 1922 collection of short fairy tales by L. Frank Baum’s successor to the Oz series is available here. The download costs money, but it’s free to read on the website. … Continue reading →

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