Hey guys,
I was curious as to what you guys all thought of the video that Professor Freccero showed in class yesterday. I particularly thought that it was disturbing, yet still maintained a lot of significant symbolism. I took the video to be a coming of age story, where Little Red is getting guidance from "the animal inside her" to help her gain sexual maturity. I thought this was particularly significant from when she was eating an apple and staring at the wolf, with the apple being an allusion to Adam and Eve, when Eve ate the sinful/forbidden fruit. However, I also thought that some aspects of the video was just odd, and didn't understand what the significance of some parts of it was, such as when Little Red ate her grandmother's flesh. My initial reaction to that particular scene was just, "why?" Anyhow, I am curious as to what everyone else thought of this particular video, and if anyone can give me insight to the significance of the flesh scene, I'd appreciate it!
I can honestly say i felt extremely uncomfortable while watching the video and could not take it seriously for awhile. I could not understand why and how you could take a childhood story and spin it into something so sexual and inappropriate. Although i did not make any connections of my own while watching the video, i do see the connection that you've made to Adam and Eve and i think it's important to note. I'm not quite sure what the flesh eating stands for, but perhaps it is to signify that humans are just as dangerous and should be as feared as animals such as wolves are. The fact that a human is eating human flesh is an interesting concept and i'm sure there is significance to it. Perhaps it shows that humans are the ones to be feared, not the wolf as it is in the original adaptation of the story.
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