She also wants his money as her kingdom is bankrupt thanks to her own lavish spending. Salivating over the handsome prince, the Queen wants him for herself. Stripped down to his bare chest and longjohns, Alcott eventually finds himself in the palace of the Queen, who can now add lust-filled to her resume. Passing through the forest between the town and Snow White’s castle, he and his trusty aide, Renbock, are ambushed by “bandits” and taken prisoner. But how to do it and who will help her? And of course, along the way, she is met with “bandits” in the forest and horror stories of a “beast” that roams wild. The Queen must be stopped and the kingdom returned to its glory, not to mention its rightful heir – Snow White. Thanks to some words of wisdom from the motherly “Baker Margaret”, Snow ventures out from the castle down into the kingdom and sees first hand the horrors that the Queen has bestowed upon the King’s once magical and happy land. Snow (as she is called) while beautiful in ballgowns, corsets and lace and living in an enchanted fairy tale land, is now a very courageous young woman. And rather than dirty her own hands or call on her personal woodsman, as in other version, she now calls on her trusty foot-servant Brighton to do the evil deed.Īnd here’s where MIRROR MIRROR gets the “Tarsem twist” with a 21 st century modernization fit for a princess. Who’s the fairest one of all?” Imagine her displeasure when the Mirror one day replied, “Snow White.” And thus, the evil Queen knew she had to get rid of Snow White – for good. Wanting to be the “Queen of the World” in every way, shape and form, she daily called on her trusty magical mirror to boost her confidence. Unfortunately, the Queen was not only extremely vain, but extremely jealous, exceptionally greedy and very very evil. Suddenly, the King was struck down and Snow White was left to be raised by her step-mother, the Queen. But the queen had other plans in mind, for, as Snow White grew up, she became more beautiful with each passing day and still remained the apple of her father’s eye. But a father, even a king, needs a queen and so he eventually found himself someone suitable as a wife and step-mother to Snow White. Raised by her father, she was the apple of his eye. Even in the original Grimm version, Snow White was 9 years old, betrothed to a prince and the evil step-mother was killed by dancing in red-hot iron shoes.) Daughter to a powerful king, Snow White’s mother died when Snow was a baby. (Much darker versions of the story had long been a part of cultures the world over. A beloved fable for centuries, thanks to the popular retelling by the Grimm Brothers in the 1800’s, we know about the beautiful princess named Snow White, although over the years, even their version has been sanitized for current culture. The tale of Snow White is not new to any of us. Creative, colorful, fanciful and funny, this is one fantastic fairy tale that is hilarious fun for the whole family! MIRROR MIRROR is the stuff from which dreams and fantasies are made and I love it! When director Tarsem Singh told me back in the Fall of 2011 that MIRROR MIRROR was (1) unlike anything he had done before, (2) unlike any “Snow White” story that had been previously done, (3) was filled with “color, fantasy and fun” and, (4) “you will love it” – he wasn’t lying.
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