Sunday, April 15, 2007

Fairy tales in the news

The AP story about the breakup of Prince William and Kate Middleton not only invokes fairy tales in the lead, but includes a "Frog Prince" reference in the fourth paragraph.

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I remember watching a special on the Charles and Diana wedding. The reporters constantly referred to the event as a fairy tale wedding and to Diana's backstory as a Cinderella tale.

8:01 AM  
Blogger kate said...

on a lighter not as educational note, i'm really sad they broke up! i had no idea and i really wanted her to be queen.

5:42 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I was about to say the same thing about their wedding. Everything about the royal family is fairy tale-esque to me. There is nothing more fairy tale than a Prince and a Princess falling in love.

9:08 PM  
Blogger Nick Beadle said...

Perhaps because they live in a fabled land of Tabloid.

10:11 PM  
Blogger Andy Duncan said...

I like the idea of Tabloid as a fantasy realm with borders!

Elizabeth, when you say, "Everything about the royal family is fairy tale-esque to me," could you elaborate on what you mean? Aren't cannibalism and infanticide just as much fairy-tale motifs as "a Prince and a Princess falling in love"?

2:00 PM  

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