Yes, "The Bad Seed" for certain (in the book and the movie, too). How
could I (of all people) *not* regard as Pure Evilness a kid who kills
a schoolmate just to go from 2nd Place to 1st Place in the school's
handwriting contest?
;-S
So let me qualify earlier statements:
I should have said specifically that the "Bad Seed" types
(cute-innocent-trustworthy-looking-but-EVIL)
tend not to inhabit the stories/books/movies/songs/etc. that we
provide to little kids
(say, age 7 or under: the years in which they form their most basic
attitudes
about Whom To Trust/Who Really Counts As "People"/etc.)
Therefore ...
Can anyone think of a Disney flick (or similar children's cartoon),
cradle-song, bedtime story (told to the under-7 set), storybook (for
more-or-less that same age-group), etc. in which the villain's
physical appearance, voice, clothing, posture, skin/hair/eye-color,
etc. unquestionably & indubitably fit 100%% the cultural norms for
"good guy/good gal/person to trust" in whatever culture created that
particular work of art as something for its children?
Kate Gladstone --
HandwritingRepair.info and
HandwritingThatWorks.com
