This is a secondary blog, though connected to this one examining the mental roles of fairy tale characters, I created this as a separate place for specific ads / pictures / etc. that I create, where this blog is more of an analysis on culture and fairy tales.
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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
I Won't Let You Control Me Anymore
Song : Perfect EnemiesPerformed By : t.A.t.U.
From the Album : Dangerous and Moving
Lyrics by: M. Kierszenbaum & P. Right
Listen to a Clip of the song HERE
Why should I welcome
Your domination
Why should I listen
To explanations
I'm not pretending
To make it simple
Try to be something
Experimental
You don't turn me off
I will never fail
Things I loved before,
Are now for sale
Keep yourself away
Far away from me
I forever stay
Your perfect enemy
No longer waiting
Remove illusions
No more complaining
Forget confusion
No more confession
Not sentimental
I am now something
Experimental
You don't turn me off
I will never fail
Things I loved before,
Are now for sale
Keep yourself away
Far away from me
I forever stay
Your perfect enemy
Fairy Tale Context : The princess is sick of being the princess. Maybe she realizes that she is fed of up happily ever after she was fed, that it is not living up to what was said. She is moving to another castle, which is trying something different , "experimental", an experimental fairy tale. She is taking the fairy tale now, taking the delusions and roles they were assigned to her, and leaving it behind, which makes them fairy tale enemies (and not ever possible in an actual fairy tale - as it would mean she'd have independence)
Modern Context: This song takes place after the housewife has had it up to the gills with the husbands cheating and abuse. She is breaking out of the role of "kitchen bitch" by being something "experimental".
Reflection : I think our society has come a long way from the fairy tale to the modern context, possibly with some negative effects. Marriage , a holy fairy tale, is not held in the same regard as it was long ago. With religion infecting the modern day fairy tale of love, we find out how easily it is if we are not happy with our prince to just divorce him. In a fairy tale, it would be equivilant to the prince going off and getting slain, because the romance is held at the utmost importance where adultery and lying do not exist, for death is much more humble.
I would say we ran too fast at some points, people get married, young girls dream of their big day and then them and their spouses turn into "perfect enemies". Though, this is a much different look at the fairy tale through a modern view, does it mean it is a good one?
Political Fairy Tales.
Today is election day for the country, everyone is cramming to find out who they are voting for. Some people know just by knowing what partisan party the potential officials are associated with.
Earlier, I was doing my research as well, and came to the realization that politics are types of fairy tales . Let me elaborate
I was reading over the candidate's views on certain political issues such as the Tax questions coming up and their personal views on things like casinos and same sex marriage. I realized that like the roles of the people in the fairy tales, the government assigns certain roles to the parties.
It really depends on your political stance, and this post is not to advocate to vote a certain way or be part of a certain party. Unlike standard fairy tales, the political tale is one that is subject based on personal view, which makes it a little different.
Republicans - always against gay marriage, for high taxes, want casinos, the rich get richer, sometimes viewed as the "crone" or "witch" within the system.
Democrats - at times on the fence about certain issues, a cross between independent and republican views, but more liberal than republicans.
Green - full speed ahead in an activists best friend kind of way, better the environment and very liberal, yet never gets a big enough fan base to matter.
DO NOTE : the above are the stereotypes or "roles" upon the political parties that they fall under. Obviously there are some democrats against gay marriage and republicans that do not want casinos, but they are part of a party because roles were assigned to those parties and they join knowing what the implications of those roles are, thus accepting them.
Interestingly enough there are 3 general roles, like that of the princess, prince, and crone. Depending on your political views, those roles could shift around, but one is good, one is bad, and the other is fighting for something. Within different situations roles can be mixed with a little of this and that, but the parallels are obviously there.
are the crone (in my personal opinion), they always hate gay marriage, they are for tabor, etc. etc. Democrats are sort of on the line about certain things, yes and no's maybes, and then Green is the more proactive type of people. I was reading people's stances on certain things and they are always the same within the given stereotypes. It i sort of like the given roles of the princess , crone, and hero. They act a certain way, feel a certain way, and it is never different.
The funny thing about the politics side of it is though, i heard a lot of my friends saying "we are going to vote for Governor Baldacci because we don't want Candidate Woodcock to win" , i think that is a horrible way to look at it because if everyone looks at it like that , it is going to be like that. This is why these stories and fairy tales are being remade, no one is taking the risk. Possibly true that the risk for losing is far to great to suffer, but we need to open up our minds, and change these roles, and though we do have to vote for a role, we are also voting for people, so maybe we should be interested in the story they are interested in telling!
Earlier, I was doing my research as well, and came to the realization that politics are types of fairy tales . Let me elaborate
I was reading over the candidate's views on certain political issues such as the Tax questions coming up and their personal views on things like casinos and same sex marriage. I realized that like the roles of the people in the fairy tales, the government assigns certain roles to the parties.
It really depends on your political stance, and this post is not to advocate to vote a certain way or be part of a certain party. Unlike standard fairy tales, the political tale is one that is subject based on personal view, which makes it a little different.
Republicans - always against gay marriage, for high taxes, want casinos, the rich get richer, sometimes viewed as the "crone" or "witch" within the system.
Democrats - at times on the fence about certain issues, a cross between independent and republican views, but more liberal than republicans.
Green - full speed ahead in an activists best friend kind of way, better the environment and very liberal, yet never gets a big enough fan base to matter.
DO NOTE : the above are the stereotypes or "roles" upon the political parties that they fall under. Obviously there are some democrats against gay marriage and republicans that do not want casinos, but they are part of a party because roles were assigned to those parties and they join knowing what the implications of those roles are, thus accepting them.
Interestingly enough there are 3 general roles, like that of the princess, prince, and crone. Depending on your political views, those roles could shift around, but one is good, one is bad, and the other is fighting for something. Within different situations roles can be mixed with a little of this and that, but the parallels are obviously there.
are the crone (in my personal opinion), they always hate gay marriage, they are for tabor, etc. etc. Democrats are sort of on the line about certain things, yes and no's maybes, and then Green is the more proactive type of people. I was reading people's stances on certain things and they are always the same within the given stereotypes. It i sort of like the given roles of the princess , crone, and hero. They act a certain way, feel a certain way, and it is never different.
The funny thing about the politics side of it is though, i heard a lot of my friends saying "we are going to vote for Governor Baldacci because we don't want Candidate Woodcock to win" , i think that is a horrible way to look at it because if everyone looks at it like that , it is going to be like that. This is why these stories and fairy tales are being remade, no one is taking the risk. Possibly true that the risk for losing is far to great to suffer, but we need to open up our minds, and change these roles, and though we do have to vote for a role, we are also voting for people, so maybe we should be interested in the story they are interested in telling!
The Roles of Fairy Tales
I wanted to first start this off by talking about the specific roles of the characters in fairy tales, so when brought up within new contexts, they will be very apparent.
I would suggest the reading BRIAR ROSE
which was an inspiration for this modern adaptation of the look into fairy tales.
The Princess - She is historically the princess is always in trouble, she relies on the hero for comfort and saving.
The Hero - He is on a great great question battling demons and witches to get to the castle and save his maiden fair
The Witch - She is always a hassle, she tries poisoning the princess and deceiving the hero, whether it means so she can have him herself or once he finds out who she is, making sure he pays.
these roles are always the same to a certain degree, they are reinforced with a romantic overtone saturating the realities behind these roles. That men always want to quest (which is in reality more important than even getting the girl), women are helpless in need of a man to save them, and that there is a key misunderstood, but evil force tearing them apart. The roles are sometimes tweaked for different time periods, but the force driving all of these are gender ideologies.
Whether or not these roles are reversed (like they may be in modern culture) they tell the same stories. The hope is to investigate and expose in modern terms how these stories are being told and the journey of finding new stories.
I would suggest the reading BRIAR ROSE
which was an inspiration for this modern adaptation of the look into fairy tales.
The Princess - She is historically the princess is always in trouble, she relies on the hero for comfort and saving.
The Hero - He is on a great great question battling demons and witches to get to the castle and save his maiden fair
The Witch - She is always a hassle, she tries poisoning the princess and deceiving the hero, whether it means so she can have him herself or once he finds out who she is, making sure he pays.
these roles are always the same to a certain degree, they are reinforced with a romantic overtone saturating the realities behind these roles. That men always want to quest (which is in reality more important than even getting the girl), women are helpless in need of a man to save them, and that there is a key misunderstood, but evil force tearing them apart. The roles are sometimes tweaked for different time periods, but the force driving all of these are gender ideologies.
Whether or not these roles are reversed (like they may be in modern culture) they tell the same stories. The hope is to investigate and expose in modern terms how these stories are being told and the journey of finding new stories.
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