Monthly Archives: September 2008

Fairy tales and cultural meanings

The Boston Globe has a quick article on the sanitisation of fairy tales in Disney films. Its not a new idea but as I begin thinking about Tintin and Asterix, I realise how like fairy tales they both are, in … Continue reading

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Reimagining occupation – Tintin and Asterix

I’ve been reading Matthew Screech’s Master of the Ninth Art and he makes a valid point about Tintin and Asterix. Hergé engaged with the rise of Fascism in The Black Isle and mainly in King Ottakar’s Sceptre. Screech argues that … Continue reading

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RDR loses Harry Potter lexicon trial

Perhaps this ending was inevitable (Telegraph article & Guardian article). RDR have lost the case for the Harry Potter Lexicon to Rowling and Warner Bros Entertainment who has also been awarded statory damages of £3,850 ($6,750). Whilst they have options … Continue reading

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