Sunday, October 18, 2009
Wilcox- Fear the princess screamed once
I don't know about everyone else, but when Whedon comments that "he wants children to remember the fear of "Hush" : in effect, he seems to saying that he wants it to have the impact of a good fairytale on children working out their emotional world (Whedon 148.)" What does this mean to you?It seems somewhat cold in a way, because when I think of fairytales, I think of Happily ever after or once upon a time rather than actual times and dark scary endings with we need to talk conversations! Also when he says "children working out their emotional world," once we talk about the real depth of the show it doesnt seem something a child would quite understand. "Help working out your emotional world" usaully does not consist of scary "gentlemen" roaming around at night cutting humans' heart out. Am I right, or did I miss something?
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If I were a little kid, I do not think I would like to hear a fairytale story with the Gentlemen in it. Like you said, kids want to hear happy ending stories. Whedon has another way of looking at the art of fairytales and he does bring up an interesting point, but not one that I necessarily like.
ReplyDeleteI am feeling the same thing when I read this article. It makes me confused. It's like my perspectives are totally different than the author's. Perhaps I'm not the ideal audience.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. I am pretty sure Whedon did not intend to have the impact of a good fairy tale in children; he just wanted to scare the shit out of 'em.
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