Of Slippers and Spindles - Fairy Tale Retellings and Adaptations in Books, Film, and Theatre
Join fairy tale enthusiasts Cassie, Daurie, Laura, and Matt as they discuss the world of film and literary adaptations! Each month (or so) they will choose a specific fairy tale, and each week they will discuss a different book, movie, or musical adaptation of that fairy tale, exploring the way authors and artists retell, change, twist, conserve, and diversify the same stories over and over.
In loving memory, always, of Drew.
Of Slippers and Spindles - Fairy Tale Retellings and Adaptations in Books, Film, and Theatre
Ep. 53: Hallmark’s Snow Queen (2002)
"If you wake me up during the summer, I'll make you suffer."
This week, Drew and Cassie are joined again by Cassie's brother, Matt, to talk about Snow Queen, the 2002 Hallmark mini-series starring Bridget Fonda, Chelsea Hobbs, and Jeremy Guilbaut. This version recasts Gerda and Kai as young adults who fall in love when Kai is hired to work at Gerda's father's hotel. Their romance is interrupted by the arrival of the Snow Queen, who spirits Kai away to force him to piece together a magic mirror, sending Gerda on a journey through the domains of spring, summer, and autumn in order to bring him back. This series is a nostalgic favorite of Cassie's, and she advocates passionately throughout the episode in its favor, and we all have fun picking on some of the lighter elements and analyzing some of the stronger elements of this retelling!
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