tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442974237055976527.post2797767500395824036..comments2023-04-02T04:43:30.026-05:00Comments on The deep dark forest: Sondheim and WillinghamJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719139633282573702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442974237055976527.post-84859571361874413332010-04-23T01:00:56.491-05:002010-04-23T01:00:56.491-05:00As the Prince said to the baker's wife in Into...As the Prince said to the baker's wife in Into the Woods,<br />"I was raised to be charming, not sincere."<br />Yes, these princes seem to represent all the prince charmings in every story because they are not very specified and their "insincerity" seems to arise from the fact that they do not want the wife for her personality, but for her beauty. (Remember in Snow White he wants to buy her as an object, and doesn't really care if she wakes up or not.) I believe this is what Sondheim and Willingham were trying to convey in a more modern form perhaps.Clara Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287895677965797357noreply@blogger.com