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xfkirsten Royal Vizier
Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 1309 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:09 am Post subject: |
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ArabianPrincessKim wrote: |
I know they were different, but how exactly was the original Beauty and the Beast Stories different from the Disney version? I remember that Belle originally had sisters and that she had no name. Also, there were no talking furniture. But otherwise, how was it different? |
Ah, my friend and I looked into this big time freshman year.
There's actually a LOT of variants on the original tale. Some of them are very, very strange. My personal favorite is the one where she had to chop the Beast's head off so a key would come out and she could free herself.
This site has a great variety of the original "Beauty and the Beast" folk tales. _________________ I don't need intelligent drugs, because I don't know what they are. But I will put anything into my mouth that is given to me, whether it's supposed to go there or not. Because... I'm different. |
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AladdinsGenie Genie of the Messageboard
Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 11856 Location: Tennessee
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:13 am Post subject: |
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I remember when I was in a remake of Beauty and the Beast when I was a kid that this travelling group put on at different schools all around the country. It was called Beauty Lou and the Country Beast. (BATB meets Hickville, basically ) I was Beauty's youngest sister. All I did was cry and make the audience laugh at me not wanting to ever do chores . But some of the stuff in that link sounds familiar from the one we did. I do remember going through the script saying "Um...where's the talking furniture?" |
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APK Sinister Snack Fairy
Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 1322 Location: Lost
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Kirsten, which story on the link was the very original one? |
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Syera Cynical Scribe
Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 3441 Location: West Nenūvān
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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APK, I doubt that there's any you can point to being the "very original one." In fact, the original has most likely been lost to the modifications it received over time, just like any fairy tale. _________________
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xfkirsten Royal Vizier
Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 1309 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Yup, like many folk tales, there's no "original date" known. _________________ I don't need intelligent drugs, because I don't know what they are. But I will put anything into my mouth that is given to me, whether it's supposed to go there or not. Because... I'm different. |
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