Any Grimm fans?

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I like the show for a couple of reasons.

I was always a big mythology Geek when I was a kid and this show features the tales and legends based supposedly on the Brother's Grimm and their exploits.

It's also got the gritty, mystery-noir and good story lines. The last time I connected with that kind of program was "The X-Files" back in college. Is it as good as the X-Files? Not really but, its got plenty of potential.

It's also shot in Oregon, a known knife and outdoor location city and one of the cities I'd like to visit as well if I ever get the chance to visit.

Plus, mein sprechen sie Deutsch is getting an bit of an education because of the terms/names they're using. The fairy tale collection did start in Germany.

Anyone else watch it?
 
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Also, I can't help but laugh at Nick's GF; Juliet (Bitsie Tolloch). No doubt she's a pretty redhead and all, but the woman can't show emotion if her life depended on it. She's got about much "acting" as Paris Hilton with PTSD dry humping a wooden plank!

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The Grimms heard most fairy tales from an old woman. I can go to the restaurant that is still in the hands of her family.
 
I like the show and my wife does as well. I would say that the character of Juliet is one of the weakest that I have seen and the girls acting skills don't help any.
 
Hans Asmussen said:
The Grimms heard most fairy tales from an old woman. I can go to the restaurant that is still in the hands of her family.
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Cool! Vielen dank mein herr for the info.

I heard that by today's modern standards/sensitivities, kids might have nightmares if you told them the original versions! I supposed they were more cautionary tales or scare tactics by used by parents in the old days.
 
Google Cracked fairy tales if you are an adult (language). Interesting couple of articles. You can see why they were changed
 
untamed said:
I heard that by today's modern standards/sensitivities, kids might have nightmares if you told them the original versions! I supposed they were more cautionary tales or scare tactics by used by parents in the old days.
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untamed said:
A cultural anthropologist would have fine time explaining how perspectives evolve over time.
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You might be interested in Bruno Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.

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Dr. Bettelheim has lost some of his reputation as a child psychologist, but that has no bearing on this book. It was a summary of mainstream thought in 1975, and that hasn't changed much in thirty eight years. It is well written and easy to get through, and it is a cheap used book.

The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy tales’ concern is not useful information about the external world, but the inner process taking place in an individual ...

The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...
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Piso Mojado said:
You might be interested in Bruno Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.

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Dr. Bettelheim has lost some of his reputation as a child psychologist, but that has no bearing on this book. It was a summary of mainstream thought in 1975, and that hasn't changed much in thirty eight years. It is well written and easy to get through, and it is a cheap used book.



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Very interesting. In a way that's why myths never go away and every generation has them. From sport and war heroes to urban legends, we've always wanted something "greater" than us as some sort of "guide post" for the psyche/consciousness.

On a related note, for anyone interested, I wrote a little article on my blog about Filipino mythical and folklore creatures for Halloween a couple of years ago -

http://wandernaut.blogspot.com/2010/10/pinoy-psyche-and-folklore-creatures.html
 
jeffwithaj said:
Great show.
Who names their kid Bitsie?
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Her real name is Elizabeth and Bitsie is an homage to her grandfather. Keep in mind that acting guilds only allow one person to use a specific name that's why some actors use middle names or initials. Michael J. Fox and Michael C. Hall both use their initials because the actors guild already had people with their names so the had to change it. I don't know if that's why Bitsie Tullock Goes by that or if she just like to be unique but it's a possible reason.
 
untamed said:
I heard that by today's modern standards/sensitivities, kids might have nightmares if you told them the original versions! I supposed they were more cautionary tales or scare tactics by used by parents in the old days.
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Actually, the Grimm brothers tuned them down. Evil mothers became evil step mothers. Sexual references were deleted. And so on.

The educated classes could take less than the village kids, it seems.
 
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