ChuckEvans opened this issue on Dec 01, 2003 ยท 71 posts
Caly posted Tue, 02 December 2003 at 11:12 AM
Err, the red Riding Hood joke has been around forever. The trick is not to assume that she's a child. A lot of English classes discuss the Wolf as 'Man' in general, and Little Red as a Young Woman. Very interesting stuff. Of course the Grimm Fairy Tale versions are always much darker than the Disney'fied ones we're familiar with. I mean, in Sleeping Beauty, the Prince comes along, finds a sleeping princess, and rapes her! And of course in Cinderella the step sisters get their eyes picked out. That's after they chop off their own toes trying to fit the shoes. A variant on Red... Little Red Riding Hood goes into the woods. The Wolf jumps her, growling. She waits a moment as he snarls and shows his claws. And waits. Then finally pulls a gun out of her basket. "Now you better get on and Eat Me like the story said you would!"
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