Back to pass pages. I'm freaking, slightly - they arrived today and they need them back Tuesday and Monday is a federal holiday. GAH.

tell 'em that they'll get them Wednesday and like it. They've likely forgotten that Monday is a holiday.

I recently read a version of Beauty and the Beast, and suddenly recognized that I was reading a story of Stockholm Syndrome.

See, I love that. But I did it the opposite way around - when I first heard the term Stockholm Syndrome, I thought, huh, why is this reminding me of something, and what is it reminding me of? And Beauty and the Beast popped into my head.

And this could get me going in a whole new Anne Sexton-ish tangent about fairy tales, and how they encode rules of behavior for little girls.

But I won't.

And "The Taming of the Shrew" is fun, as long as it's Cybil Shepard and Bruce Willis.

I actually liked it with Julia Stiles and hottie hot man Heath Ledger, too.

I like it with Sam <sigh> Waterston and Joseph Papp.

Oooh - haven't seen either one.

And honestly? Until I called MM to confirm, I had forgotten that "Taming" *was* Shakespere. What a doof!

signed, Loves Kiss me, Kate.

encode rules of behavior for little girls

That's a good point, Teppy. Do you think it's primarily aimed at little girls or at kids in general? IE, "walk in the woods/dark place by yourself and wolf/wicked witch/nasties will eat you".

I know "Women Who Run With The Wolves" is laughed at lot, but I found her interpretation of fairy tales fascinating and insightful.

encode rules of behavior for little girls

That's a good point, Teppy. Do you think it's primarily aimed at little girls or at kids in general?

I suppose kids in general, so that boys learn that They Do The Rescuing Of The Helpless Princess, and girls learn that they are the helpless princesses, meant to be forever passive.

I recently read a version of Beauty and the Beast, and suddenly recognized that I was reading a story of Stockholm Syndrome.

Ooooh! I hadn't thought of it that way. I'm gonna go nab my office book buddy and try this theory out on her as I head out.

I can't decide if you scare me deeply, or you're the coolest human alive.

Hee hee. I'd prefer the latter.

The digressions annoyed me no end -- which is also my problem with Dostoevsky.

Oh, Fred. I love Crime and Punishment. An interesting character with a crisis, a detective story, plot twists...I totally wasn't expecting a classic to be so fun to read.

girls learn that they are the helpless princesses, meant to be forever passive.

You have to read the right fairy-tales. "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" and "The Black Bull of Norroway" both have active heroines who wind up rescuing the prince.