just like christian from "clueless", i'm oscar wilde-loving, no i'm not gay (though i am friends with a lot of friends of dorothy), but i adore oscar wilde. "the picture of dorian gray" is one of my favorite books because he is so damn witty! so when i saw that he wrote fairy tales, i had to check them out. his wit in fairy tales, they had to be brilliant.
to my surprise they weren't. the special thing about these volumes are that they are comics and illustrated by p. craig russell. but even this element does not make the fairy tales more interesting.
the fairy tales featured were "the selfish giant", "the star child", "the young king" and "the remarkable rocket". the first three stories mentioned were kinda jesus-y, and that was the reason i did not enjoy them. not that i have anything against jesus, i just don't like stories that are blatantly preachy. the first is about a selfish giant that did not want to share his garden with the village's children. as result of his selfishness winter was all year round, but the children had the ability to bring spring. one day he saw a child in a corner with winter and goes to help him and this warmed his heart. he then decided to share his garden but never saw that child again. until one day the child appeared with wounds in his hands and feet and then the giant died but in peace. the moral is good, but really jesus showing up like that?
the other two stories are about princes. the first prince is jesus-y in that he falls from the sky like a star, and two woodcutters find him. the second prince wears a crown of thorns. both have similar morals about being humble and losing your ego and loving thy neighbor and all that jazz. no offense, but wilde was on trial for sodomy, i mean i can't handle him
being christiany. it's like how katy perry used to be a christian singer, the girl wore a bra that shot out whipped cream!!! seriously. all of this jesus talk, didn't feel like the oscar wilde i love. i'm not saying that he (or gays) can't have morals, but when i read wilde i want to be entertained, not lectured. he does have wonderful lessons and morals but i prefer when he presents it as food for thought versus forcing a bible down my throat.
i did enjoy the firework tale, which was about an egotistical firework. it was filled with little quips that reminded me of "dorian gray". for example, one of the fireworks said "any place you love is the world to you, but love is not fashionable, the poets have killed it. romance is a thing of the past." or how when the egotistical told the other fireworks, "you should be thinking of others. in fact you should be thinking about me." so clever and funny . . . and not about jesus.
but one out of four, kinda bad. as much as i am oscar wilde-loving, he needs to save the fairy tales to the grimm brothers and hans christian anderson.
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