The Evil Queen

Yesterday I was trying to get rid of a headache and found that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was on one of the family channels. I hadn't seen it in ages, and it was a really clear print. The Evil Queen is a fantastic bad guy. She isn't ugly at first, and that is part who she is, but the inner ugly comes through and she gets exactly what she deserves in the end. Her death is not actually shown, but there is no doubt about the outcome. The life lessons in traditional fairy tales ( this one is based on a Grimm's tale ) is actually lost when they are watered down to keep them from being scary. Being scary is exactly the point. If the bad guy isn't bad, how can we take satisfaction in the triumph that is the happy ending? It is so sad that the recent stories reworked by Disney are so polite and nice. The whole point of these tales is lost, and sometimes the story itself is nearly unrecognizable. Even my daughter was impressed with the Evil Queen. ( She is never given an actual name ) A good adversary makes for a good story, a wimpy one just doesn't work. Just my opinion, I'll take the Evil Queen any day.