Posted: June 5, 2014 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Linda Woolverton, Maleficent, Robert Stromberg, Sam Riley, Sharlto Copley | 2,137 Comments »
In one episode of Daria, the MTV animated series about a loner misfit at a new high school, the title character goes out with her best friend’s brother (someone she has a crush on) to buy her friend a birthday present, and ends up getting her belly button pierced. All because of said crush on said brother.
When she shows her friends, they all tell her it’s neat, as long as she didn’t do it for some guy. At first she doth protest too much, but then realizes, very embarrassed and ashamed, that she did indeed do it for some guy. SOME GUY.
I thought of that episode while watching Maleficent, the new post modern cinematic take with an attempt at modern sensibilities on the old Charles Perrault fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty. Read the rest of this entry »
