tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post702681277429781622..comments2024-03-29T02:26:39.005-07:00Comments on ONCE UPON A BLOG: Live Action Fairy Tale Musical 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' In the Works (& They Just Added Some Broadway Girl Power to the Team)Gypsy Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-14408246056215171672017-04-02T14:53:56.723-07:002017-04-02T14:53:56.723-07:00Andrew Lang translated a French version for his in...Andrew Lang translated a French version for his inclusion in the color fairy books with that title, but both Russia and Romania have tales with titles that are almost the same too. Kids picture books from the 70's usually had Twelve Dancing Princesses as the title, probably as a holdover from the Lang collections, especially the original and most popular Blue Fairy Books, from which a lot of picture book collections seem to have been derived (my speculation). Germany also had a number of versions of this tale too though, apparently, and at least one of the titles was this, now popular, one (just not the one the Grimms chose to use).Gypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-69853324550448850242017-04-01T10:54:05.135-07:002017-04-01T10:54:05.135-07:00I've been following this too, via Twitter. It...I've been following this too, via Twitter. It looks interesting. I am wondering a bit if the focus on strong women will effect the treatment of the stories usual hero: the soldier. I know I shouldn't act like propping up one is tearing down the other, because it's not. It's just that I've noticed that princes in fairy tale movies haven't really had glowing appearances lately either (I mention that in my Charming interview). Also, if they want to depict the princesses' secret as a good thing, then revealing it like he does is kind of a jerk move.<br /><br />But the one thing that always gets me about this story is this: when did the title change? My copy of Grimm calls this story "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces". But everyone calls it "The Twelve Dancing Princesses". When did this become common? Was it republished under that title or did people just come up with it?Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.com