Pocket Morning Weekly Q&A | unseenblossom's Blog

(Ignore the first sentence in the question. It doesn't apply to me. ^_~)

Question: You had a role in Cinderella The Musical. If you could pick a fairytale for your next musical or stage play, what would it be? Also, what role would you like to play there?

Answer: The Red Shoes. I'd like to play the main character. If you haven't heard of it then read this:

A peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady after her mother's death. She grows up vain. She tricks her adoptive mother into buying her a pair of red shoes and repeatedly wears them to church, without paying attention to the service. Her adoptive mother becomes ill, but Karen deserts her, preferring to attend a party in her red shoes. Once she begins dancing, she can't stop. The shoes take over. She cannot control them and they are stuck to her feet. The shoes continue to dance, through fields and meadows, rain or shine, night and day. She can't even attend her adoptive mother's funeral. An angel appears to her, condemning her to dance even after she dies, as a warning to vain children everywhere. Karen finds an executioner and asks him to chop off her feet. He does so and gives her a pair of wooden feet and crutches. Thinking that she has suffered enough for the red shoes Karen decides to go to church in order for the people to see her, but the chopped-off feet with the red shoes dance before her, barring the way. The following Sunday she tries again, thinking of herself at least as good as the others in church, but again the dancing red shoes bar the way. Karen gets a job as a maid in the parsonage, but when Sunday comes she dares not go to church. Instead she sits alone at home and prays to God. Then, it is as though the church comes home to her and her heart becomes so filled with sunshine, peace, and joy that it bursts. Her soul flies on sunshine to heaven, and no one there asks her about the red shoes.

I got that off of Wikipedia. ^_^

The only time I encountered this fairy tale was when I watched The Red Shoes, which is a Korean horror loosely based on it (Although in the film the shoes are actually pink. Got no idea why. The title is still The Red Shoes. O_o). I liked the idea and looked it up and found the fairy tale. It seems like it would make an interesting visual experience. I'd love to see it made into an anime film. The bursting part could be really beautiful.

Maybe I should draw this. Heehee! (^ H ^) I have images coming into my mind already.

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I think this is the longest answer I've ever done to a Pocket Morning Q&A! It was a good question! ^__~