Little Red Riding Hood Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7dfBMmMeak

This version of little Red Riding Hood is geared towards very little children. I felt kind of silly watching it, and then even more silly when the song got stuck in my head. But, I was really interested in this particular movie because of the discussion that we had in class today about how the Little Red Riding Hood stories are reflective of a societies' perception of childhood. Unlike medieval times, when their children were thought of as "little adults", this story/song is reflective of a society that not only separates childhood from adulthood but wants to keep its children innocent for as long as possible. This song begins with a teacher telling the story to students with the moral of not wandering in the woods alone. Even the wolf in the story is made amusing and not scary in the least. When he gobbles her up, you can see LLRH inside the stomach, and she doesn't even look frightened, just confused. After they mention LRRH bringing her grandmother pie because she was sick at the beginning, she is completely forgotten and never returned to in the story. LRRH is finally saved by a woodsman who shakes her out of the wolf's stomach. He takes her back home and is the one to teach her the lesson. There is no violence at the end towards the wolf, and he is even included at the end scene chorus with all of the characters bobbing back and forth. Overall, I found this depiction of LRRH so interesting in that it contrasts with all of the stories we have read in class so greatly. This story/song, though keeping with most of the main themes of the story, is so incredibly geared towards a younger audience. It aims to take out all of the scary and inappropriate elements and to keep the story upbeat and happy through a catchy song even at the points that are supposed to be scary or suspenseful.