tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post1303270942057797275..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Seduced by Moonlight--chapter 2Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-32317949712730755512014-05-10T06:10:04.157-07:002014-05-10T06:10:04.157-07:00And that doesn't even factor in the small poss...And that doesn't even factor in the small possibility that, going by some of the props in the beginning (a photo that looked like Bowie and Sarah's mom sitting together) Jareth could have been Sarah's dad. <br /><br />Also: Very, very few of us will ever be as good at storytelling as Jim Henson. Edgy doesn't factor into it at all. The man was just goddamn good.Christwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-60190944926501072782014-05-10T05:50:44.683-07:002014-05-10T05:50:44.683-07:00"He's here because the Goblin King has ca..."He's here because the Goblin King has called in. Sadly, it is not Jareth, but rather the conjoined mutant...thing that LKH thinks is edgier."<br /><br />I'm going to happily ignore the vast amounts of nastiness and squick in this chapter to point one detail: Having David Bowie in painted-on pants as an older man chasing after a teenage girl would be pretty damn edgy for a movie aimed at adults, let alone one for kids.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-68981944918099080702014-05-09T22:32:04.883-07:002014-05-09T22:32:04.883-07:00Male rape victims in LKH's world serve one of ...Male rape victims in LKH's world serve one of two functions. 1) So Anita or Merry can swoop in and cure their problems with the Magical Healing Cooch 2) to be mocked, belittled, ignored, and treated as though their rapes are either funny or deserved. Tiger Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314304221425930905noreply@blogger.com