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Spring Break (Days 1 & 2) and Alice
Mar. 7th, 2010 11:05 pmIt's been a busy two days. On Saturday, I had a trouble-free flight to NYC. My partner and son picked me up at the airport, and we drove to her family home in the country, ate a lovely dinner out (dessert was chocolate peppermint bread pudding, mmmmm), and slept in this morning. My partner slept till noon, but the child and I were up by 9:00 playing computer games together and laughing at Star Trek spoofs on YouTube. We're back in the city now -- homework is being done (not by me), a computer game is being played (not by me), and tea is being drunk (by me). (Sorry -- just felt like playing with passive voice).
This afternoon we went to see the new Alice in Wonderland, which was quite fun and visually stunning (adored the Cheshire Cat and the costumes, especially the way Alice's clothes don't change size even when she does). The film plays with the Alice story in different, interesting ways. I'm going on record right now saying that I think there is deliberate femmeslashy subtext between Alice and the White Queen. (This Alice is the grown-up version of the child Alice of the book.) My evidence:
A) The Red Queen has a male lover and sidekick, a knight, who stands at her side while the queen sits; once Alice meets the White Queen (played with parodic simpering hilarity by Anne Hathaway), Alice dresses in tunic and trousers and stands beside the White Queen as she sits.
B) At one point, the White Queen tenderly caresses Alice's cheek.
C) The Red Queen, jealous of her sister the White Queen, says, "She makes everyone fall in love with her -- men, women, furniture."
D) There are what seem to me deliberate parallels between a scene in which a foppish lord proposes marriage to Alice and a scene in which the White Queen asks Alice to be her "champion" in battle. The staging is very similar, and both scenes end with Alice exiting at a run, stage right, while the proposer stands in profile at the left.
E) various glances and smiles and bonding moments shared by Alice and the Queen
So when all the Alice/White Queen slash starts appearing, you'll know you heard it here first.
One final note -- you'll love Alan Rickman as the voice of the caterpillar. No one else could say "stupid girl" and make it sound like a seduction.
This afternoon we went to see the new Alice in Wonderland, which was quite fun and visually stunning (adored the Cheshire Cat and the costumes, especially the way Alice's clothes don't change size even when she does). The film plays with the Alice story in different, interesting ways. I'm going on record right now saying that I think there is deliberate femmeslashy subtext between Alice and the White Queen. (This Alice is the grown-up version of the child Alice of the book.) My evidence:
A) The Red Queen has a male lover and sidekick, a knight, who stands at her side while the queen sits; once Alice meets the White Queen (played with parodic simpering hilarity by Anne Hathaway), Alice dresses in tunic and trousers and stands beside the White Queen as she sits.
B) At one point, the White Queen tenderly caresses Alice's cheek.
C) The Red Queen, jealous of her sister the White Queen, says, "She makes everyone fall in love with her -- men, women, furniture."
D) There are what seem to me deliberate parallels between a scene in which a foppish lord proposes marriage to Alice and a scene in which the White Queen asks Alice to be her "champion" in battle. The staging is very similar, and both scenes end with Alice exiting at a run, stage right, while the proposer stands in profile at the left.
E) various glances and smiles and bonding moments shared by Alice and the Queen
So when all the Alice/White Queen slash starts appearing, you'll know you heard it here first.
One final note -- you'll love Alan Rickman as the voice of the caterpillar. No one else could say "stupid girl" and make it sound like a seduction.