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Do you know this song:
If you do then you've mostly likely seen Hans Christen Andersen starring Danny Kaye. Kaye and Andersen only had two things in common (a) the nose and (b) bisexuality.
Andersen wanted to be a dancer, but Kaye could dance.
Jack Zipes doesn't much like Kaye's film, outside of the music. (In truth, does anyone remember anything about it ...more
Two and Two is Four
Four and Four is Eight
Eight and Eight is Sixteen
Sixteen and Sixteen is Thiry-Two
Inch worm, Inch worm, measuring the marigolds
If you do then you've mostly likely seen Hans Christen Andersen starring Danny Kaye. Kaye and Andersen only had two things in common (a) the nose and (b) bisexuality.
Andersen wanted to be a dancer, but Kaye could dance.
Jack Zipes doesn't much like Kaye's film, outside of the music. (In truth, does anyone remember anything about it ...more
Nov 19, 2018
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Not a biography but a treatise on why Zipes believes Andersen wrote as he did and how publishers & filmmakers have presented and/or adapted Andersen’s stories.
