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Post by Talissa on Jul 22, 2003 11:46:38 GMT 11
Okay, so I've listened to Into the Woods fairly thoroughly a few times now, and I have a couple of nit-picky questions.
1. "Your father isn't back". Where is Jack's father? Do we know? Or does his mother just mean that he isn't coming back?
2. "As I could not". Is this a reference to the witch's past, possibly childhood? Or is it a reference to the fact that she was not content with the 'walls' of her ugliness, and strove for more, eventually losing what she'd prized? Do we hear anything more about this?
3. "Isn't it nice to know a lot? And a little bit not". Okay, there are two possible meanings for this as far as I can see. "It's nice to know a lot, and it's not nice to know a little bit", and "It's a little bit not nice to know a lot". Which one do you think is meant?
~Julia
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Post by RoseFyre on Jul 22, 2003 12:40:12 GMT 11
Okay, so I've listened to Into the Woods fairly thoroughly a few times now, and I have a couple of nit-picky questions. 1. "Your father isn't back". Where is Jack's father? Do we know? Or does his mother just mean that he isn't coming back? 2. "As I could not". Is this a reference to the witch's past, possibly childhood? Or is it a reference to the fact that she was not content with the 'walls' of her ugliness, and strove for more, eventually losing what she'd prized? Do we hear anything more about this? 3. "Isn't it nice to know a lot? And a little bit not". Okay, there are two possible meanings for this as far as I can see. "It's nice to know a lot, and it's not nice to know a little bit", and "It's a little bit not nice to know a lot". Which one do you think is meant? ~Julia 1. Nope, we don't know where Jack's father is. As far as I can tell, he left one day and never returned - I don't know if this is ever explained in the original fairy tale either, though it might be. 2. This could be a reference to either or both of the things you mentioned. 'Last Midnight' does make references to her unhappiness with the world, particularly the newer version, which has the lines "Safe inside the world that I'm from. Better ugly and spurned with my powers returned." She can no longer be innocent, but she's tried to protect her 'daughter' from that, albeit unsuccessfully. 3. I'd say the second - Little Red is happy that she knows things, but when you lose innocence of any sort, there's always that feeling that you wish you still had it. Hope this helped! ~RoseFyre |
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Post by Hannah on Jul 23, 2003 18:53:16 GMT 11
1. We don't know. We aren't told.
2. This is a question I myself debated a long, long time before playing an appropriation of the character in a monologue... it's so hard to know what this line means!
It could mean that she was not content to stay behind her walls of ugliness etc.
It could also mean that she was not allowed to stay safe behind walls (as in she was forced out into the cold dark world where people rejected her for her ugliness).
3. I agree with RoseFyre - Lil Red is saying here that it's great to find things out, but when you find things out, you also lose your innocence which is not nice.
[side note: many MANY people, myself included, believe the wolf/lil red reltionship represents a sexual relationship. In this, Lil Red may be saying that isn't it nice to be awoken sexually, but it also is a little bit not nice because I've lost my virginity/innocence.]
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