When Did Fairy Tales Lose Their Edge?
“Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre” was everything Disney’s “Frozen” and the new “Cinderella” are not—and what’s been lost in the process is much more meaningful than tiaras and gowns.
Susan Harlan
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Susan Harlan is an English professor at Wake Forest University. Her essays have appeared in venues such as the Guardian, the Toast, the Awl, Roads & Kingdoms, Jezebel, the Morning News, and Skirt!, and she has a column for Nowhere magazine entitled “The Nostalgic Traveler.” Follow her: @nostalgicbroad