![]() Each story is based on some old, mostly European, folk tales - the "real" kind with mayhem, a bit of violence, and some sad endings, not the Disney kind. "My 9-year-old and I are thoroughly enjoying these half-hour films from the old HBO series (which I had not seen before). You just have to see it for yourself - written words can't begin to give the experience you'll find in this collection. This is for anyone who likes fantasy, who likes a rich visual experience. It may give you some idea what the old epic poems must have sounded like in their original settings. It has a wonderful rolling cadence, too musical for regular speech but too prosaic to be a chant. He opens and closes each short story, talking to his dog on a fire-lit night. The narrator is one of the unexpected treats on this disk. This isn't Sesame Street - it's one of the dark alleys off to the side. Lots of kids will like these stories as much as adults do, but this may be too much for younger children. They had hard, dark edges, and were not the vapid Disneyfied versions that most people know. These stories were originally meant for adults. ![]() Part of the reason these fairy tales were unfamiliar was their authenticity. 'Sapsorrow' turned out to contain a story I knew, or thought I did. This is Jim Henson and crew at their best, making fun of the lines between fantasy and reality, costume and puppetry, and new storytelling and old stories.Īll of these short pieces were unfamiliar to me, at least in part. "I'm amazed that this series has gotten so little attention.
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