Just For Silly: modern version of 'Little Red Riding Hood'

[eric_hinkle]

We all remember Little Red Riding Hood, right?

And we all know of the trend to make everything
Hotter And Sexier (because we the consumer can't be bothered to look at something unless the T&A is being shaken in our faces), right?

So is anyone really surprised by this comic cover art?

Comments

[anonymous]

Red doesn't look so little here!

Brock

[eric_hinkle]

Red's all grown up! Bet she wishes that her clothes had grown too, though.

[stokerbramwell]

You know, it's almost TOO easy to do a sexy version of Little Red Riding Hood. Once or twice I've pondered ways to do it myself. I haven't hit on anything that doesn't make me roll my eyes yet.

My "favorite" part of this adaptation has to be the way they're trying to fetishize and punish rape at the same time.

[eric_hinkle]

How are they 'fetishizing' rape? It seemed rather brutal in the comic proper; though I should point out that the werewolf did NOT rape Red. He was about to, but the woodsman killed him.

Or do you mean that the cover is the fetishy part?

And another difference. The woodsman is depicted as a 'nice guy', so of course when the werewolf shows up at Reds and eats Granny, and then Red arrives and finds what's left of Granny before meeting the Woodsman, we think he's the werewolf (dun dun DUUUNNNN!) -- only for Red to knife him before running into the real werewolf!

Very odd but it felt a little differentto me.

[stokerbramwell]

Well, granted, I am breaking the ancient adage and judging the book entirely from its cover here, having not read it, but a lot of stories that deal with the rape/attempted rape and revenge formula feel to me kind of like they're playing the assault scenes up for the audience's sick kicks, only to justify the luridness of the first act of the story by being able to say in the second "but see she got them back for it!"

Again, though, I'm not being fair to it since I haven't read it. Maybe they were taking the higher road. But somehow the look of the comic makes me doubt it.

[eric_hinkle]

a lot of stories that deal with the rape/attempted rape and revenge formula feel to me kind of like they're playing the assault scenes up for the audience's sick kicks, only to justify the luridness of the first act of the story by being able to say in the second "but see she got them back for it!"

Ah. Well then, yes, that is what happens in the story. Though in the framing bit (in which a young woman is being pressured into sex when she really doesn't want to by her boyfriend*) there's no violence.She just reads the story and decides to stay out of his bed.

* -- I wonder, why do we never hear or read about women pressuring or pushing men into unwanted sex? Surely it must have happened IRL.

[jairus_greywolf]

LRRH: "Oooo! Wolfy. Is it true what they say about the size of a werewolf's fangs?"

Sorry, couldn't resist. :P

[eric_hinkle]

Good one! I hope we see more entries! ;)

[brianblackberry]

To be honest I am surprised that the whole Red Riding Hood story isn't used in porn more often.

[eric_hinkle]

Oh, it probably is. Though I should point out that despite the cover art, this version of the story isn't porn.