Question About SHREK Lyrics.

I was wondering, while listening to the cast recording...

Fiona sings the line that she is "a very gifted bowler" even though she lived in a tower with "very little head room"...

Where did she pick up bowling?

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I think there are a few options. First of all, plenty of kids bowl, so she could easily have been a great bowler before she got sent away. The other thing is, she's trying to sell herself to a potential gentleman caller, "I'm a find, I'm a catch, and a very gifted bowler," so she might not be entirely honest in that moment - because she's trying to put herself in the best possible light to appear more desirable. I think both of these are logical choices and easy for an actress to play. Or maybe it's just a funny joke - which is also valid. I laughed when I heard that lyric.

well this show is very poorly written and is made for children. they just wanted something to laugh about.

Poorly written????? Let's see what you have come up with

From "The Ballad of Farquaad", it sounds as though his mother is the princess from "The Princess and the Pea."

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Nope, his mother is the Princess and the Pea... someone else is going to have to help out with the exact lyric there, (something about daddy's bed was lumpy, 25 mattresses she slept on, etc.) but I know it's in there somewhere.

I think it still causes some confusion though with Snow White already being in a box- teen Fiona singing about her, she's a Magic Mirror choice, etc. And yet when Farquaad sings daddy is living in squalor, seven to a bed, etc.- which would indicate a Grumpy *before* Snow White came on the scene? But she should have been glass-boxed years ago, if teen Fiona's already heard her tale?

But then I realize that I'm thinking way too much about the lyrics to Shrek, and I stop.

Twenty-five mattresses she slept upon
One night she rolled over
And momma was gone

(That's off the top of my head.)

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