A "We Love Fairy Tales Week" Tag

 

 

 

 Rachel at Hamlette's Soliloquy  is hosting a week of fairy tale love. My previous entry on The Midnite Drive-In, on my favorite fairy tale villain, Hooked on Hook, delves into one aspect of the fairy tale genre. Here is some more fun, a questionnaire posted by the host:

 

 

1.  What's your favorite fairy tale?

 

I always liked the Bremen Town Musicians. More so these days as I get older because the main characters are elderly animals, since I ain't no spring chicken myself...

 

 

2.  If you could cast any actors and actresses ever in a movie version of that fairy tale, who would you pick?

Well, the story has actually been filmed twice, as far as I can tell, but both of them are Russian films. Of course, with the main characters being a rooster, a cat, a dog and a donkey, you couldn't exactly make a live-action film... Notwithstanding any subsidiary characters (such as the animals' owners who drove the refugees into their current circumstances), voice actors would have to be used.  So, having recently watched Song Sung Blue, I know Hugh Jackman can sing. Let's give him the role of the singing rooster. But then, all of the animals can sing, so here is no need to find the perfect fit. The rooster and the rest of the main cast can be interchangeable as need be. Except that I would definitely have a female be the cat. So let's cast that one with Amanda Seyfried. Gerard Butler feels like he should be the donkey. And for the dog... Johnny Depp.

3.  Do you have a favorite fairy tale movie?

 

The Princess Bride. Hands down. 

 

 

4.  Do you have a favorite book that retells a fairy tale?

 

At the risk of being accused of apple-polishing, I really liked The Man on the Buckskin Horse by Rachel Kovaciny

 

 

 

5.  If you got to be in a stage or film production of a classic fairy tale, what fairy tale would you want to be in, and who would you like to play?

 

If they ever remade The Princess Bride I'd want to play Miracle Max (or maybe even his wife...? I'd be comfortable in drag...), two of the most outstanding secondary characters in the story. If I were about 40 years younger, I would have gone with Inigo Montoya, however.

 

 

 

 

 

6.  Do you like fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen or the Grimm Brothers best?  Or someone else's?

 

Grimm Brothers, especially the more gruesome ones. 

 

 

7.  What more obscure fairy tale do you think more people should know about?

 

Unless you are well versed in Irish folklore, you may not know about Finn McCool (that's just one of the variations of spelling his name. The wikipedia article on him has the original spelling as "Fionn mac Cumhaill" ).  The legendary hero of Irish folklore is a badass fighter who is sort of like Beowulf, battling big monsters and coming out on top. Check out this Finn McCool entry to see why I like him.

 

 

 

Until next time.

 

Quiggy