Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Red Shoes?!



So who knew that two simple words, red shoes, could have so many meanings. The one things that jumped out the most was two different movies made that are both "loosely" based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Red Shoes. One movie, titled "The Red Shoes" is about ballet and a ballerina performing in a ballet entitled "Red Shoes". The film was made in 1948 and won 2 Oscars. The other film is a Korean horror flick called "Bunhongsin" or Red Shoes in english. It is about a coveted pair of red shoes that carry a curse along with them that end up causing whoever has them to more than likely loose their feet. Then if you go to read Hans Christian Anderson's tale, it's about a little girl and a pair of red dancing shoes. Hmm, very interesting indeed. Fairy tales can be found in the strangest places! Here is a hyperlink to a website where you can read "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Anderson if you would like. http://hca.gilead.org.il/red_shoe.html

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