Only As Good As The Bad Guy

In The W riter’s Jou rney, C hristopherVoglers ays
you rs tory willonly be as good as you rvillain is bad !
H ere we s ee the s am e
‘ S had ow’ arc hetype in
S leeping B eau ty,
Rapu nzeland S now W hite.
N ote how the witc h looks like
a m an in d arkd rag…
In E rato’ s s lid e s how,
fairy tales were fertility c harm s
bu there the witc h
is the kiss ofd eath; the grim
reaperof
apple-c heeked virgins .
They allhave the s am e c os tu m e
bu td ifferentprops . (Is itju s tm e
oris there a lotofs exu als ym bolism ?)
In The W riter’s Jou rney, C hristopherVoglers ays
the ‘ s hapes hifter’ arc hetype is bes t
illu s trated by a pre-m ens tru alwom an.
H e gives the exam ple ofGlen C los e,
in FatalA ttrac tion bu tIthinkThe Red Q u een
d oes itbetter.
H owever, Inow realise
that‘ pre-m ens tru al’was
ju s tthe warm -u pfor
‘ m enopau s al’:
N everm ind ‘ S ave The C at’,
M elpom ene s ays ‘ the d oggies
are gonna d ie’ !
E ven the s had ow
lives happily everafter…
A nd bad girls probably d o
have a lotm ore fu n.