The Brothers Grimm Version Of Walt Disney's Snow White
Fairy Tales and MTV: A modern retelling of the classic fairy tale of Snow White played by Snooki and the cast of the Jersey Shore.
Walt Disney once said “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney’s statement not only captures his philosophy in life, but also captures the progression of Fairy Tales and their changes from generation to generation. The fairy tale you remembered today are not the fairy tale your kids are likely to experience.
Fairy tales transcend popular folklore and have a way of reinventing themselves into different versions. It’s difficult to figure out whether fairy tales have influence our society or whether our society …show more content…
The Brothers Grimm version is a crude and barbaric telling of the story of Snow White. Their version of Snow White has the evil stepmother who makes not one but three attempts to kill Snow White. Once all attempts eventually fail the evil stepmother goes to the wedding “were they put a pair of iron shoes into the fire until they glowed, and she had to put them on and dance in them. Her feet were terribly burned, and she could not stop until she had danced herself to death” (National Geographic’s 04 March 2011). This Brothers Grimm version was not a child’s fairy tale. It was meant for a mature audience, and therefore one could take the liberty to tell a dreadful …show more content…
This approach is not confined to modern times. The original Disney “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was produced in 1937 and our country was just recovering from a World War and a Stock crash. The country was asking for enchantment and that’s what they got with Disney. During the 1950’s Anne Sexton was resisting being placed in the restrictive roles of a mother, a homemaker, and an obedient wife. These repressive roles might have made her lash at what society by then had fully accepted in the reprised versions of fairy tales. Today society had embraced pop culture, in such a deep way that it’s not uncommon for an actor to be part of a television show, have and album, and also be on film. We tend to gravitate to what’s popular and mass produce it. And that’s the reason why it wouldn’t be uncommon to find someone like Snooki playing the role of Snow White.
Fairy tales continue to adapt generation after generation, and it is a safe bet that as we evolved so will the fairy Tales. As Walt Disney said “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Fairy tales play a part in capturing a snap shot of our society and our taste. One thing is certain fairy tales are alive and breathing, and will continue to change as we change. We will definitely influence the direction that fairy tales take in their future
Walt Disney once said “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney’s statement not only captures his philosophy in life, but also captures the progression of Fairy Tales and their changes from generation to generation. The fairy tale you remembered today are not the fairy tale your kids are likely to experience.
Fairy tales transcend popular folklore and have a way of reinventing themselves into different versions. It’s difficult to figure out whether fairy tales have influence our society or whether our society …show more content…
The Brothers Grimm version is a crude and barbaric telling of the story of Snow White. Their version of Snow White has the evil stepmother who makes not one but three attempts to kill Snow White. Once all attempts eventually fail the evil stepmother goes to the wedding “were they put a pair of iron shoes into the fire until they glowed, and she had to put them on and dance in them. Her feet were terribly burned, and she could not stop until she had danced herself to death” (National Geographic’s 04 March 2011). This Brothers Grimm version was not a child’s fairy tale. It was meant for a mature audience, and therefore one could take the liberty to tell a dreadful …show more content…
This approach is not confined to modern times. The original Disney “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was produced in 1937 and our country was just recovering from a World War and a Stock crash. The country was asking for enchantment and that’s what they got with Disney. During the 1950’s Anne Sexton was resisting being placed in the restrictive roles of a mother, a homemaker, and an obedient wife. These repressive roles might have made her lash at what society by then had fully accepted in the reprised versions of fairy tales. Today society had embraced pop culture, in such a deep way that it’s not uncommon for an actor to be part of a television show, have and album, and also be on film. We tend to gravitate to what’s popular and mass produce it. And that’s the reason why it wouldn’t be uncommon to find someone like Snooki playing the role of Snow White.
Fairy tales continue to adapt generation after generation, and it is a safe bet that as we evolved so will the fairy Tales. As Walt Disney said “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Fairy tales play a part in capturing a snap shot of our society and our taste. One thing is certain fairy tales are alive and breathing, and will continue to change as we change. We will definitely influence the direction that fairy tales take in their future