GFT Retrospective #8: Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Happy Breaking and Entering Day, Ticketholders!
Just kidding. There is no national Breaking and Entering Day. Why would there be? It's a crime. It'd be like celebrating national Armed Robbery Day or Double Homicide Day or O.J. Simpson Day. I'm repeating myself here, but you get the idea.
Of course, we do commemorate September 11, 2001, which was the date of the worst act of terrorism on American soil since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and according to the hierarchy of illegal acts in this fair country, terrorism is at the top of the list next to treason, which is so bad that the punishment for it is also a crime (which is in turn punishable by itself in many states).
But commemorating something is not the same as celebrating it, and we do not remember or celebrate 9/11 for the crime itself (though it is essential for the prevention of repeated history that we not forget that our country is as vulnerable as any other, if not more so), but for the strength of our nation in the face of it and the bravery of those who volunteered their services, and in some cases gave their lives, to save others.
Speaking of breaking and entering and heroes who try to save others, a lighter note takes us to today's issue of Grimm Fairy Tales.
An unnamed girl is cheating on her wealthy, abusive husband with a younger man named Dan. The two plan to kill the husband and use his life insurance money to run away together, but another “accidental” encounter with Sela’s book has the girl changing her mind, too late, as it turns out.
This issue has a few firsts for the series. The usual plot mechanics are in place, but this is the first time the fairy tale has been drastically altered from the common telling to more closely resemble its framing scenario and accommodate GFT’s signature bloody twists. It also is the first time in the series where the focal character (unnamed girl/Goldilocks) dies in both segments of the issue.
It is, again, a mere filler episode in the grand scheme of the story, with the only common elements across the series thus far being Sela and the book. However, Sela’s final comment about consequences and not everyone getting or deserving a second chance can be taken as another expression of self-pity on her part. Though she is clearly a symbolic moral figure by this point, Sela has evidently made bad choices beyond her deal with Cindy, and she has regrets about the other people she could not save.
GFT #9: Goldilocks & the Three Bears
This issue has a few firsts for the series. The usual plot mechanics are in place, but this is the first time the fairy tale has been drastically altered from the common telling to more closely resemble its framing scenario and accommodate GFT’s signature bloody twists. It also is the first time in the series where the focal character (unnamed girl/Goldilocks) dies in both segments of the issue.
It is, again, a mere filler episode in the grand scheme of the story, with the only common elements across the series thus far being Sela and the book. However, Sela’s final comment about consequences and not everyone getting or deserving a second chance can be taken as another expression of self-pity on her part. Though she is clearly a symbolic moral figure by this point, Sela has evidently made bad choices beyond her deal with Cindy, and she has regrets about the other people she could not save.
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