The girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody's meat

[sovay]

I was going to write several things about Moonstruck (1987), which Viking Zen screened for me earlier this evening, and then while showering I realized that the film is an utterly valid retelling of Little Red Riding Hood—à la Angela Carter, not Charles Perrault. I seen a wolf in every person I ever met and I see a wolf in you. You tell me a story and you think you know what it means, but I see the true story and you can't. You run to the wolf in me, that don't make you no lamb. And her wine-red dress, and the full moon. I love stories where the folktales are there like bones. More ensemble romantic comedies should have barely metaphorical lycanthropy.

Comments

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

I love how you write and express yourself. :)

[sovay]

I love how you write and express yourself.

Heh. Thank you!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

This makes me want to re-see Moonstruck. I can't really remember anything about it, but that's an excellent quote.

[sovay]

I can't really remember anything about it, but that's an excellent quote.

It's three different characters' lines, but they all point up the wolf-imagery—I noticed them going by, but I didn't realize how much of a pattern they made until after the film was over. Which kind of makes me want to see it all over again; fortunately, Eric hasn't seen Moonstruck, either.

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen Moonstruck since it first came out. I never made the fairy tale connection, but now I want to see it again with that in mind.

[sovay]

I never made the fairy tale connection, but now I want to see it again with that in mind.

Let me know what you think!

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

A favorite of mine. Had no idea you hadn't seen it.

[sovay]

Had no idea you hadn't seen it.

Never. It was completely off my radar. Now I must show it to Eric.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

More ensemble romantic comedies should have barely metaphorical lycanthropy.

Word.

Literal lycanthropy in ensemble romantic comedies would also be pretty nice.

[sovay]

Literal lycanthropy in ensemble romantic comedies would also be pretty nice.

It would have to be intelligently done, and it's difficult enough to find romantic comedies I'll watch without adding the complications of the fantastic. I don't mean that I wouldn't love to see someone succeed, but I already avoid all the books whose authors have failed, and they are legion.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

It would have to be intelligently done,

True.

and it's difficult enough to find romantic comedies I'll watch without adding the complications of the fantastic.

I suppose that myself I tend to find romantic comedy unpalatable without the fantastic element.

I don't mean that I wouldn't love to see someone succeed, but I already avoid all the books whose authors have failed, and they are legion.

True. Well, there are many authors whose books have failed on all sorts of things.