Fairy tales are the peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich of children’s theater. They are a delicious, satisfying, comforting staple of the repertoire that children never grow tired of enjoying. Y… ...

the characters have no idea who they are in the real world. Viewers, on the other hand, have a chance to get to know them through flashbacks that explain just how the Classic fairy tales got a ...

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"Our research is on 'fractured fairy tales,'" Rudy said ... We get attached to the characters because we become the characters as we watch fairy tale after fairy tale on TV. The book took a little ...

Would Walt Disney, who set the 20th century standard for fairy tales with his classic animated films, reject the new look and attitude of the “Shrek” realm?

When I was a kid, I used to love the “Fractured Fairy Tales” shorts that appeared on the Rocky and Bullwinkle animated TV show. They took classic fairy tales, like Sleeping Beauty, and added a ...