@SealLion:
I definitly disagree with the original tales being nasty.
check this out:
Code:
http://listverse.com/2009/01/06/9-gruesome-fairy-tale-origins/
there are many other more or less nasty things (other than cannibalism) mentioned or at least touched upon in this particular tale, like:
- the concepts of death by starvation, death by fire, fighting for survival, slavery, murder, suffering
- parents planning & abandoning their children, leaving them to die in the wilderness, as opposed to the 'through thick and thin' way (winner in the end)
- deceptive behavior, 'looks can be deceiving' & dangerous strangers, greed, exploitation
- celebration of patriarchate (mother or stepmother as the heartless villain, that dies in the end), patriarch with a soft heart
- the concept of & condemnation of witchery (related to witch-hunt)
But it was added to make a point on this evolution of violence from original fairy tale to the big screen
it may be argued that nastiness in the tales had a larger initial impact (had to be imagined, no one knew how it looks like, was told to little children, it had realistic scenarios,...) as opposed to a cartoonish depiction in the movies (can be seen and laughed at, familiar horror movies, for older audience, unrealistic scenarios thus of lesser impact,...), however this impact was occasional (when the stories were told) and lesser over time (repeating the same stories), whereas nowadays the violence is relentlessly & excessively pouring from every media source available (tv, movies, news,...), coming in various forms and shapes, and even though its mostly not physically tangible, the excess definitely adversely affects the human psyche/state
since the story was written in the 1800
most of these stories are based on (other) older ones or made from their elements, these 'writers' were mostly collectors & editors, changing the 'original' stories according to their own worldview (or that of the particular era)
such ideas would not necessarily have been expressed due to the idea of it being a form of inappropriate communication towards kids
those times were less 'politically correct', more oriented towards the 'realistic'/practical, less tolerant of weakness(es), lessons had to be learned, there was no time or willingness to fool/play around or wait for the children to get in the mood for learning, etc.
to inundate people's minds that violence is the norm somehow?
no, to teach or warn them (children, that is) about such occurrences
Pornography is pretty much everywhere.
yes, that is being done intentionally, counting on people to lose control over themselves and become slaves of their desires/ego's (regarding whatever is being offered/sold/preached/..., including pr0n) - those that often/constantly run after meaningless/worthless things tend to lose or shift their focus, they eventually forget about whats really important, becoming disoriented mindless drones, in fact, the times we live in are a testament to this natural occurrence
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