It Took Me Long Enough: My Second Video Essay
My second video essay was released yesterday.
As Told By Wolves: Little Red Riding Hood Films
The story of Little Red has always been told by wolves… starting with Charles Perrault changing the French oral tale into a warning of how pretty girls ought to behave and continuing in films with men filmmakers sexing up Red in 40s cartoons, teaching girls to obey their parents in children’s films, and attempting to use the tale to “do feminism” on women’s behalf. In all that- has anyone really understood the tale?
I’m very proud of this essay. It feels miles beyond what I was able to do for Snow White. I am drawing from so many films for this essay- and I didn’t even talk about everything I watched in preparation. And still, as I watched it after the final edit, I saw/heard/read so many things I would change about it! But I can’t edit forever; perfection is a myth and “done is better than perfect”. So here it is!
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In other news…
attending Cannes (from my couch) again this month (there will be a Rated F newsletter about it- subscribe if you’re into film stuff)
I called my mom last Sunday to wish her a ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ only to be told I was a week early
my reward to myself for finishing this project is another tarot deck (oracle deck, actually); Seasons of the Witch - Beltane Oracle. (Beltane is May 1. Since it was so hard to decide which of the many decks on my wishlist to choose, I went seasonal.) My collection grows!
next projects; preparing for a new season of the Rated F podcast after two years without it, editing a short film out of footage I got back in October 2020, researching Cinderella for the next video essay
Best wishes to you on your journeys into the forest,
.tish