Did you dress your kids up to celebrate?
World book day
- Thread starter Chippy_Tea
- Start date
Help Support The Homebrew Forum:
I read a post yesterday that said "You can tell the people who don't read books. They send their kids to school as Disney Princesses"
Some
Frozen* is loosely written about the Ice Queen (or Snow Queen, depending on translation), but not really. I mean, other than a bit of snow and ice, that's pretty much where it stops
And whilst I don't disagree, I'll put money on it, a lot of the parents have probably never read the Arabian Nights or the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. Few will have read the Sea Maiden (The Little Mermaid), as it's not one of Hans Christian Andersen's popular stories.
And certainly Mulan and Merida (Brave) are all invented Disney characters.
Cinderella and Pocahontas came from 17th century scripts, neither of which are in English.
*As an aside, Elsa is actually not a Disney princess, as she's actually a Queen.
In case some younger members didn't get what the picture was about -
Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character created by American novelist Thomas Harris.
Lecter is a brilliant, cannibalistic serial killer and former forensic psychiatrist; after his incarceration, he is consulted by FBI agents Will Graham and Clarice Starling to help them find other serial killers.
