soft slumber
There're many articles Yisheng wrote, but this is the very one I like best.
"was watching charlie and the chocolate factory on cable tv earlier in the afternoon. realised that movie was peppered with dark elements and terrifying connotations permeated the show entirely. could you imagine that shock rocker marilyn manson was actually asked to play the role of willy wonka in the movie? perhaps if you watch it with an innocent and naive fixation, your mind untintured and tainted by hidden covert darker undertones you might have found the movie pretty much a childs fantasy movie.
while preparing for my gothic paper this year, i learnt that stories such as 'the little red riding hood', 'snow white' and 'alice in wonderland' had deeper darker gothic origins and underlying messages, a deck scarier and more intensely terrifying in its orignal version that of coz, the ever warmly received walt disney version kids are familiar with.
abstracting something from wikipedia,
These early variations of the tale differ from the currently known version in several ways. The antagonist is not always a wolf, but sometimes an ogre or a ‘bzou’ (werewolf), making these tales relevant to the werewolf-trials (similar to witch trials) of the time. The wolf usually leaves the grandmother’s blood and meat for the girl to eat, who then unwittingly cannibalises her own grandmother. Also, once the girl is in bed with the wolf she sees through his disguise and tries to escape, complaining to her ‘grandmother’ that she needs to defecate and would not wish to do so in the bed. The wolf reluctantly lets her go, tied to a piece of string so she does not get away. However, the girl slips the string over something else and gets away.
in short, my purpose of sharing this with you guys, is to bring across the message that fairy tales never exist in real life. even their true nature and meanings have to twisted and adapted to appeal to our childish delights and sense. is it not unnerving to learn that perhaps all that you once believed in is not only just a farce, but actually more insidious and sinister in its nature, which you were unknowingly exposed to at a young age, only to realise its nature upon maturity.what does this have to say about the nature of life, the things you may cherish, and whatever you love and equate your happiness to.
food for thought. heh
yisheng "
Cookies and cream, Regi @1:16 AM
