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[bookelfe]

Did you guys know that back in, like, 1982, Tim Burton did a retelling of Hansel and Gretel for Disney?

I did not know! At least, not until obopolsk and I went to check out the Tim Burton exhibit at the NY MOMA on Sunday. Now . . . I kind of wish I did not know. (Then why am I telling you about it? Because apparently Tim Burton has destroyed the only

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[blacksheep91]

That just sounds...like I need to see it too believe it.

[bookelfe]

Believe me when I tell you that you should NOT REGRET that you will never get the opportunity.

[bookelfe]

OF COURSE THERE WAS. Orange goo bursting out of the walls of the house! And all over most of the cast as well.

[bookelfe]

I'm pretty sure the clown was partly orange too, but I was too busy mentally shrieking GET AWAY FROM ME TERRIFYING CLOWN that I could not say for sure.

[jezrana]

Interestingly enough, I did know that, because I recently checked out a library book about Tim Burton that starts with his early work for Disney!

...That book IN NO WAY sufficiently communicates THE HORROR you have just described.

[bookelfe]

. . . now I am curious to know what it said. AND HOW IT COULD POSSIBLY JUSTIFY IT.

[jezrana]

I'll have to check when I get home, but I think it just talks about the technical aspects and how it shows early signs of Tim Burtonness.

(The book is actually pretty disappointing so far because the guy who wrote it is a HUGE fan and basically just talks about how TIM BURTON IS SO GREAT and his movies are SO GREAT and his critics JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HIM AND HIS GREATNESS, and I mean obviously I like Tim Burton, too, which is why I'm reading about him, but YEESH.

So if the author were to read this post, he would probably just tell you that disturbing clown puppets and multicolored pus are part of Burton's GREAT ARTISTIC VISION and you JUST DON'T GET IT.)

[bookelfe]

If by 'early signs of Tim Burtonness' they mean 'ability to convey UTTER HORROR,' then that is totally correct!

(Awww, that is disappointing. It is okay to be a fan and still use your critique glasses, guys! Really!

. . . though now I kind of hope he does show up here to try and defend it. BECAUSE I DON'T SEE HOW IT IS POSSIBLE.)

[oneechan19]

... wow. That's about the only response I have to that.

[bookelfe]

It was about the only response we had too. (Our response probably should have been 'flee in terror', but we were frozen with shock!)

[spence_reid]

AAAAH! Oh my gosh...I half want to see that and half want to spend half an hour scrubbing the part of my brain that contains the info that this movie exists with bleach.

[bookelfe]

THE SECOND HALF IS THE WISER HALF. Trust me. :O