The Marmot’s Hole

10 Comments

1. LivingnKorea
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 1:56 pm | Permalink

   Is your link correct? It seems to be going to a Korea Times article “Non-Whites Face Discrimination In English Job Market”

2. Andy Jackson
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

   The link is wrong.

3. Robert Koehler
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 2:20 pm | Permalink

   That’s weird…

4. Zonath
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

   Nifty… Of course, seeing as how these ‘wholesome’ tales were substantially cleaned up in modern times, one could argue that the kids in Korea are returning them to their roots.

5. Haisan
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

   My favorite essay about what these fairy tales were “really” like, back in the day, was in Robert Darton’s The Great Cat Massacre. If you go to the Amazon website I linked to, you can read about 10 pages of the fairy tale chapter from the book (under “excerpts”).

6. michael
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 3:45 pm | Permalink

   Zonath, good point–this is for you:
   http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~wbarker/fairies/grimm/

7. SomeguyinKorea
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

   “The book had a small R-rated warning, but my daughter didn’t pay attention to that”

   Actually, it’s the parent who didn’t pay attention to what her daughter was reading.

8. railwaycharm
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

   Snow White and the seven dented cherry, or as she rode Pinocchio’s face while exclaiming, lie… lie…Lie!

9. mateomiguel
   Posted January 22, 2007 at 4:47 pm | Permalink

   People who complain about violence in the media are acting under the assumption that the idea of violence, transmitted to their children by the media, begets violence. It is as if they think ignorance prevents problems.

   Who thinks that this is true? I don’t, not really. Knowledge of violence creates… knowledge of violence. The kid still has to make the choice to use violence or not.

10. Mark
    Posted January 22, 2007 at 5:57 pm | Permalink

    Chosun Bimbo Ilbo seems to like the word “titillate” (not that that’s a bad thing).