Fairy tales unhooked

In this age of global elec­tronic mir­acles, fairy tales have sur­vived by cut­ting their ties with their self-im­posed role in the ”so­cial­iz­ing of chil­dren” and by re­turn­ing to their an­ces­tral roots, where dark in­stincts, fear, de­sire and vi­ol­ence rule supreme.

Whether post­mod­ern, or post­co­lo­nial, or just sen­sa­tion­al­ist and com­mer­cial, such un­usual stor­ies are thriv­ing, flood­ing our book­stores and screens. Some come form afar, like some sump­tu­ous ships, some lie un­com­fort­ably close to our skin, like some black bugs. We pull the former closer with our crit­ical spy­glasses and bin­ocu­lars and longue-vues and tele­scopes. We push the lat­ter safely away with our ex­egetic loupes and mag­ni­fy­ing glasses.