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Modern Adaptations: A Global Enchantment |
| Section: CULTURE / FOLK WISDOM |
| Author: Helen Mondloch |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 209 Words, 1,469 Characters |
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Many modern writers and interpreters have adapted "Cinderella" to contemporary tastes. Artist George Cruikshank, an associate of Charles Dickens, admitted purging the tale of its "v...
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...sed movie Ever After, featuring Drew Barrymore as a medieval "Cinderella" figure, the heroine's affair with the prince smacks strikingly of contemporary ideals. The lovers must overcome daunting obstacles (mainly, the difference in their social status) before they can meaningfully commit to each other. Achieving "ever after" requires careful cultivation in this modern retelling.
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