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Little Red Riding Hood lives in a futuristic wasteland ruled by man-eating clams, Snow White's witch works at an abattoir until she becomes obsessed with beauty pageants...you get the idea.
My favorite though? Cinderella, told from the point of view of Prince Charming, who has a foot fetish and a crush on his (male) tutor. #fairytales
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I wish I could remember the title. Darn! #fairytales
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I have always been an enormous fanatic of fairy tales and mythology and most of what I write in my career use these stories for a base.
Do yourself a favor and check out Monty Python's Terry Jones and his fairy tale books. I was given this book on my 8th birthday and have loved its wit and wisdom ever since. And ATTENTION TEAM CAKE! There is a story about a cake horse that comes alive! Mmmm Mr. Edible.
[www.amazon.com] #fairytales
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As a kid I was allowed/encouraged to read the darker versions of fairy tales for myself, and even though I was and am pretty squeamish when it comes to realistic horror, I was never traumatised by a fairy tale. #fairytales
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*obligatory cackle* #hanselandgretel
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I was a fan of Rapunzel in this series too. #fairytales
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@TiniDarling: That sounds like a pretty bad combination! #fairytales
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@Uncommon Whore: Nope, it's real, but I still consider myself awesome. You can find it in the Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales. It is by Jeanne Carter. #fairytales
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It's interesting how all the best stories - films, books, TV series - pretty much conform to the same narrative elements and structure as folk tales, and that this is universal. It's been hard-wired into us since humans first started communicating.
My favorite modern take on them is Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber - feminist, erotic and dark.
NB. The Folio Society is currently publishing beautiful new editions of Andrew Lang's famous Victorian rainbow fairy books: [www.foliosociety.com]
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Also, the illustrations were beautiful.
Of course now I find out that some of the interpretations include this: "The transformation of the man into a beast has often been interpreted to signify a young woman's revulsion from sexual activity." So um, yeah.
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@Ms.Moneypenny: This is the version I had which is, I guess, a variation on the Norwegian(?) fairy tale. #fairytales
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