Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 67

Not sure what the relevance of traditional renderings of Little Red is. Where in traditional fairy tales are Princes who spill pitch on the steps to trap Cinderella or rapping Witches? Or, in fact, where all these characters ever interacted with each other in one story?

Mistaken, not mistaking....

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Little Red is oblivious to the Wolf’s lasciviousness throughout “Hello Little Girl.” She greets the wolf courteously and is continuing on her journey as the Wolf sings to himself and by extension to the audience.

At the end of the song Little Red serenely states “goodbye Mr. Wolf” and goes on her way without giving it a second thought.

“I Know Things Now” is Red’s response to the wolf ravaging her and her grandmother, and understanding that the Wolf’s earlier friendliness was a façade for his darker desires.

The sexual subtext of the Wolf’s song is certainly creepy, and it’s supposed to be. But Little Red is never portrayed as a Lolita, and I don’t think that her age makes their part of story any more or less effective.

Danielle Ferland was great, but she was taller than Chip Zien! One thing that movies require is a certain verisimilitude of young people on screen. A 16 year old would almost certainly read as adult.

And there’s one last thing about “I Know Things Now” that’s implied. At the end when she sings “Isn’t it nice to know a lot, and a little bit not” the message is that Little Red is beginning to understand the larger world and its dangers, but not the specificity of everything that the Wolf represents. The audience has picked up all of the wolf's sexual innuendo, but the girl is still sketchy about it. She's still a child.

Cinderella’s On the Steps of the Palace closes the loop of the evolution of the young characters from child to adult.

Learn from the mistake and don't repeat it again. Be grateful that someone is correcting the mistake. Take is as constructive criticism.

Here is a video of the film being mentioned at D23. The presentation about the film lasts from 6:32 to 7:55.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3UqCMJ3-Sc

Thanks for the heads up, I knew about the stepsisters' feet but not the pitch-on-stairs part. But my point still stands. Many liberties have been taken with these characters and stories, so Little Red's age doesn't necessarily have to adhere to traditional fairy tale renderings. I side with those who believe the story involves her sexual awakening and is just icky with a 10 year old, especially this one, who comes off even younger to be quite honest.

But I guess we can't do much now but wait and see.

"I acknowledge that it may also be impolite to call others out for doing so, so I'll let that be my last comment about this. "


So, it's fine for you to call me out, even though you know you are being rude...


Ooooookay.

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"INTO THE WOODS is an irreverent comedic mash-up of classic fairy tale characters and their famous stories, taking a witty look at what 'happily ever after' really looks like."


Maybe Disney is doing the Junior version and just not filming the second act.

I really don't see an issue with how it's worded. Is he wrong? Is that not what Into The Woods is about? Of course he's not going to go ahead and spill everything about the movie in the minute and a half allotted for it.

Well, there are certainly elements of comedic fare. :) It's dark comedy, but still..

Describing this show as a "comedic" anything is worrisome and completely misleading.

But it is. It's a musical comedy. Are you honestly going to tell me the show doesn't often play for laughs? Sure it gets pretty serious at points, but the jokes are still there. For the love of Little Red Riding Hood pulls a knife.

Updated On: 8/12/13 at 11:22 PM

I'm still shocked (and pretty happy), that they haven't really changed anything major.

Especially when they have decided to do the Central Park ending of Last Midnight

Updated On: 8/12/13 at 11:28 PM

I really can't wait to see the ending of Last Midnight on screen. I hope it's creepy as hell.

I hope they go balls to the wall like the Revival did. You may hate the revival, but Vanessa ripping off her wig and turning back into this disturbing thing was awesome.