The witch, of course, is fat and fair-skinned, for she comes from the forest. She lures the children in with the promise of bread and meat...little do they know that they are to be the main course. In exploring the topic of cannibalism, the children will actually eat the witch after she is cooked to a medium-well temperature, because they want to know what red meat tastes like.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Movie pitch
These children come from a place where bread, cake, and sugar is sparse, correct? Hansel and Gretel come from the island of Sansnom, off the coast of what people call "the mainland." They are island children, dressed in leaves with tanned skin, and dine totally (under normal island circumstances) on tropical fruits, birds, and lizards. They do not have grain on the island. Alas, no bread. No cake. And no red meat.
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Cannibalism would be fun, loud kids meet silence of the lambs... rockin'!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cool take on this story. Isn't there a version of Hansel and Gretel where they bake the witch into a gingerbread woman and then eat her? That would go along with your idea of having the children eat her so they can taste red meat.
ReplyDeletevery cool take on the story! going along with Laurie's comment, i think that it would tie in nicely with your experiment with cannibalism if the children baked her into a big human sized gingerbread woman and then ate her. that will also add a twist of humor to your take on the story.
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