Essay #143

The Rustle of the Sheets . . .
Essay #143

"Woods and Woulds Indeed!"

By Melissa

Well, it was Danny's Rapunzel comment that first made me pull out "Into the Woods" -- seeing the parallel between Rapunzel-witch dynamics and Pilar-Carmen. And if I remember correctly, the "Little Red Riding Hood with the flowers/fox" and "Cinderella at the steps" scenarios/lyrics that meghan just brought up were exactly the same things I thought of back then. Scary how our minds spin in these same directions :-) I've always liked the music and lyrics for "No one is alone" (oh hells bells, what am I saying, I LOVE the whole musical!) -- and I totally agree that many questions raised there are very similar to the ones running through the Manny story.

Anyway, about this love trip to the forest -- you know what else I'm starting to think about? A Midsummer Night's Dream baby!!! Love-nookies and possibly naked little creatures aside, we have the young lovers running away from family trouble, well sort of... reality or fantasy/dreams!!! ... Hmmmm, do you think we'll see any fairies? Not that Danny or Michelle needs any magical potion to help them ... errr...

So how many Shakespeare plays have we hit so far, and how many more lies ahead, just waiting for our over-analysis and comparisons?

Melissa

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