Little Red Riding Rabbit?

Little Red Riding Rabbit

Written by Michael Maltese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmvuAn3mz5E

Little Red Riding Hood is one of the most popular and well known fairy tales from all of our childhoods, no matter what background. There are so many different versions of this tale, in all different languages, that it is possible for all of us to have heard a different story. The above cartoon, distributed by the Warner Brothers, is a cartoon with many of the themes from Little Red Cap or Little Red Riding Hood. We start off with Little Red Riding Hood singing, very loud and obnoxiously, down the path with a basket in her arm. As the cartoon progresses, we see the wolf from the very beginning, sabotaging her journey by changing the direction of the sign that says "Shortcut to Grandma's House". When the wolf arrives at the grandmother's house before Little Red Riding Hood, there is a sign on the door that reads, "Dear Red, Working swing shift at Lockheed. Love, Granny. P.S. Leave rabbit under door." In this version, Little Red Riding Hood is delivering a rabbit, a very sly, tricky one at that, instead of wine and cakes like in the Brothers Grimm version. When Little Red Riding Hood gets to grandmother's house, the wolf is only looking for the rabbit and wants to push Little Red Riding hood out the door because she is so annoying. The wolf spends all of the cartoon trying to find the rabbit who is playing games with the wolf and has his running all over the house. In the end, the wolf and the rabbit become friends and it is Little Red Riding Hood who they are torturing. I think that this cartoon is funny however, it is very different from the original story. It is used for entertainment purposes and although it is directed towards a younger audience, adults would be able to relate with the themes as well.