#Faerie Tale Theatre

[endiness]

ELIZABETH MCGOVERN as SNOW WHITE Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987)

#fantasyedit #fairytaleedit #snowwhiteedit #80sedit #tvedit #faerie tale theatre #elizabeth mcgovern #snow white #tvandfilm #filmtvcentral #filmtv #cinemapix #cinematv #smallscreensource #usersource #userstream #userbbelcher #chewieblog #!gif #pink tag

[fairytalemovies]

#kulderzipken #häxkonstigt #faerie tale theatre #shelley duvall's faerie tale theatre #storybook international #sagan om... #sagan om #sprookjes #arabela #fantaghirò #fantaghiro #fantaghirò 2 #fantaghiro 2 #fantaghirò 3 #fantaghiro 3 #fantaghirò 4 #fantaghiro 4 #fantaghirò 5 #fantaghiro 5 #the cave of the golden rose #cave of the golden rose #desideria e l'anello del drago #the dragon ring

[screenshotingmonstertv]

#faerie tale theatre #rapunzel #shelley duvall #us

[my-obsession-with-gifs]

#shelley duvall #the little mermaid #gif #gifset #80s #80s series #faerie tale theatre #mermaid #la sirenita #sea witch #teatro de cuentos de hadas

[peiikko]

shelley duvall's productions from the 1980s

#aren't they gorgeous? #i love the art nouveau inspired 80s art style #there are so many more good ones #like the rapunzel cover looks like klimt #shelley duvall #fairytales #faerie tale theatre

[princesssarisa]

Guess what? I'm doing a rewatch of Faerie Tale Theatre. Every day or so I've been watching a new episode.

Some of them I haven't seen since I was in elementary school, and I've been enjoying them very much. So far I've gone from The Frog Prince through The Princess and the Pea and the next episode I'll be watching is Pinocchio.

I have two comments about aspects of certain episodes that are bugging me, though.

Is it just me, or is Little Red Riding Hood slightly unclear about its message in the end? Of course it has the standard message in which Mary (Red Riding Hood) learns to be less naïve and not to talk to strangers or stray from the path anymore. So in other words, she should have listened to her parents, right? Then why is her father portrayed as such an overprotective jerk? At the beginning of the episode, she has no friends, never goes out except to visit her granny, and is treated like a child at home instead of the young woman she is. (The fact that Mary Steenburgen was 30 makes it all seem even more ridiculous, though I assume the character is supposed to be about 15 or 16.) Then he blocks her budding romance with Christopher because he thinks Christopher isn't good enough for her. You'd expect this to lead to an ending where her father admits he's been overprotective, that by keeping her so sheltered and lonely he caused her to fall for the Wolf's sweet talk, and that it's time to let her grow up. Maybe all these realizations are supposed to be implicit, since he does reconcile with Christopher after the latter rescues Mary and Granny (albeit in a non-apology, "pretending there was never any conflict" sort of way, for comic effect) and lets Mary be with him after all. But the narrator only talks about Mary learning to be wiser and more cautious in the end, as if she realizes her father was right all along. Is it just me, or should there have been more of a compromise between Mary and her father, where they both admitted they were wrong and he agreed to let her be more free while she agreed to be more cautious? Again, maybe this is implicit for most viewers, but too subtle on the father's side for my autistic brain. Does anyone else think this episode's ending could have been better written?

In The Princess and the Pea, is it just me, or does it feel like a scene is missing from Prince Richard and Princess Alecia's romance arc? In their second scene together, they have a big argument when Alecia accuses Richard of only looking for shallow qualities in his bride-search. But then in the next scene they share, Alecia is playfully directing Richard and the Fool in a fencing duel, and all three of them are chatting like friends, as if the argument never happened. Was there a scene cut for time where she and Richard made up? The review of this episode from the Up On The Shelf blog praises it as an excellent romantic comedy, and especially praises the romance arc for feeling so "real." I would agree, except I don't understand why they go from fighting to friendship with no transition. Again, maybe this is my autism brain again – I expect people to follow certain "rules" of conflict resolution, and it baffles me when they forgive each other too easily. But I have to fill in the blank with a missing scene to fully appreciate this love story.

I know I'm overthinking an '80s fairy tale TV series that never takes itself too seriously. Still, I wanted to express it.

#faerie tale theatre #shelley duvall's faerie tale theatre #fairy tales #fairy tale #little red riding hood #the princess and the pea #television #episodes

[emcgoverns]

elizabeth mcgovern as snow white (with vanessa redgrave as the evil queen) in shelley duvall’s “faerie tale theatre” (july 1984) | 🎥: dir. peter medak

#elizabeth mcgovern #emcgoverns #tv appearance #tv series #tv #faerie tale theatre #1984

[alfaangel]

#faerie tale theatre #lee remick #snow queen #lance kerwin

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#Hansel and Gretel #Faerie Tale Theatre #1983 #80's #80s #fairy tales #witch #witchcraft #evil witch #literature #story #tales #tale #my gif #gif #my edit #classic

[endiness]

Season 3, Episode 5 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" FAERIE TALE THEATRE (1982–1987)

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[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 1A, MATCH 7 OUT OF 8!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Pearl:

very nostalgic to me, and the visuals are just gorgeous. i remember being absolutely blown away by it when i first watched it

Mija:

She's a Korean mermaid I mean c'mon! Look at her design!

#the little merpoll #round 1 #round 1a #faerie tale theatre #faerie tale theatre: the little mermaid #the little mermaid #the little mermaid 1987 #happily ever after: fairy tales for every child #pearl #mija #poll tournament #poll bracket #character polls #polls #fairytale #hans christian andersen

[shelleyduvallsfaerietaletheatre]

Christopher Reeve as Prince Charming in Faerie Tale Theatre episode 5, "Sleeping Beauty" 1983 🤴

#im gay and all but whewww what a man! #christopher reeve #bernadette peters #(is sleeping beauty here) #faerie tale theatre #shelley duvall's faerie tale theatre #myp

[fairytalemovies]

#rapunzel #faerie tale theatre #shelley duvall's faerie tale theatre

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@inevitablemoment @amalthea9 @thealmightyemprex @bixiebeet @professorlehnsherr-almashy @spengnitzed

Ernie Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Annie Potts would have made great guest stars in Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

#faerie tale theatre #shelley duvall #ernie hudson #dan aykroyd #harold ramis #annie potts

[screenshotingmonstertv]

#faerie tale theatre #rapunzel #shelley duvall #us

[jennifersbod]

not enough of us talk about shelley duvall’s faerie tale theatre

#shelley raised me #rewatching these is like eating your favorite childhood food that you’d forgotten about #faerie tale theatre #personal