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Fairy tale parody (also known as a fractured fairy tale) is a genre of fiction that parodies traditional fairy tales. The parodies are often created as new literary stories, movies, or television shows. The genre was popularized on television by the "Fractured Fairy Tales" segments on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. [1]
Writing for Locus, Gary K. Wolfe praised Harrow's "fancy narrative footwork" and called it "a subversive delight". Wolfe also stated that opening the story on Zinnia's 21st birthday when she is expected to die before the age of 22 "feels like a pretty arbitrary setup for a tale which is largely critical of the arbitrary rules of fairy tales". [5]
Revolting Rhymes is a 1982 poetry collection by British author Roald Dahl.Originally published under the title Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, it is a parody of traditional folk tales in verse, where Dahl gives a re-interpretation of six well-known fairy tales, featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after finishes.
"Fractured Fairy Tales" presented familiar fairy tales and children's stories, but with altered, modernized storylines for humorous, satirical effect. This segment was narrated by Edward Everett Horton; June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, and Daws Butler supplied the voices. [36] A typical example was their spin on "Sleeping Beauty."
The 1956 Looney Tunes cartoon short Yankee Dood It is based on this fairy tale, with Elmer Fudd as the king of industrial elves. 150 years after this fairy tale took place, he visits the shoemaker to retrieve the elves he has employed, while also imparting the virtues of mass production capitalism to him.
ALF Tales is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988, to December 9, 1989. [1] The show is a spin-off of ALF: The Animated Series that featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales . [ 2 ]
"The Fisherman and His Wife" (Low German: Von dem Fischer un syner Fru) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 (KHM 19). The tale is of Aarne–Thompson type 555, about dissatisfaction and greed. [1] It may be classified as an anti-fairy tale. [2]
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