![]() ![]() She gets trollied along on a conveyor belt, steamed, squirted, stuck in an oven, and comes out a walking mess. She gets horrible glop slushed all over her, thick, gooey pastry. Her fate is wonderfully appropriate: she gets baked as a cake! I donÆt know how long this sequence took to film, but one admires Close for doing it. She is not camp this time, but the clown. Yes, she is all popping eyes, pouting mouth and physical comedy - perhaps it was impossible to write dialogue to compete with this. And rightly so - underplaying would have been boring: she is the centre of the movie, not the car chases. I think itÆs the same with Cruella: kids love her. The kids, she said, preferred the beast - heÆd won them over. Warner notes, too, that DisneyÆs The Beauty and the Beast ran the risk of dramatic collapse when the beast became a prince. Her performance is close to pantomime and Close is not afraid of pulling out all the stops and being sadistic, cruel, silly. She is in perpetual motion û an over the top, scheming, comically destructive force. With this in mind, I have to confess that I loved Close in the movie. I think kids know this, which is why they enjoy it - itÆs not real life or destructive disorder, although some adults may scream ôviolence!ö What one gets is a fantasy of perpetual motion in spite of hindrances. ![]() In an action movie, the swerves you get are not those of destiny, but those necessary to avoid missing a pedestrian.Īction, though, is also about overcoming problems: the Dalmatians in a runaway car, or cartoon characters like Tom and Jerry, come to no harm no matter how comical or real the danger they are in is. In a way, the stories are an exciting preparation for the vicissitudes of life itself. Their metamorphoses ôpromised more of the same, not only in fairy land, but in this world, and this instability of appearances, these sudden swerves of destiny, created the first sustaining excitement of such storiesö. In her book on fairy tales, From the Beast to the Blonde, Marina Warner notes that when young and ôrobustö, she had a great hunger for stories.įairy tales offered ôthe possibility of change, far beyond the boundaries of their improbable plots or fantastically illustrated pagesö. There has to be a continual chase all over the place as though the movie makers are afraid kids might stop to think about something - like, just how silly the movie theyÆre watching is.Īction, which becomes too generic, can kill a movie. ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.My problem with kiddieÆs movies is that they rely on action too much. The story of Dot will give confidence to children to love themselves so that the world will love them back. It is a good book with an empowering message for parents and tutors to help children realize the importance of self-acceptance, self-love, and being themselves. Holly Withers conveys the author's message clearly for young readers through her wonderful illustrations that breathe life into the characters and scenes. Wyman is an adorable story about self-love and self-acceptance and will teach children to love themselves for who they are. Would Dot finally able to get her spots?ĭot: The Spotless Dalmatian by L.K. But, no matter how much Mama and Papa reassure her that the spots aren't what makes her unique, or important, Dot was determined to find her own way to get them to appear. Why didn't she look like the rest of her family? She wanted to grow up, to be like everyone else, and maybe then her own set of spots would come. Little Dot, a Dalmatian puppy, whose fur was spotless and white as snow, had a troubling thought one day. Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite ![]()
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