Blog Entry 4: Little Red Riding Hood

This particular cartoon, it seems to be a social cartoon written more for fun then anything else. Usually Little Red Riding Hood is portrayed as a helpless, naive, innocent, little girl. The Big Bad Wolf on the other hand generally proves to be a cunning predator that gobbles up Little Red Riding Hood. In this case the roles are completely flipped. The wolf thinks that he's going to fool Little Red Riding Hood. But of course what fun would it be if  the wolf actually got his way? Exactly, none, It wouldn't be a fairy tale if the bad guy won, it'd be reality. So now the wolf is the underdog as Little Red Riding Hood appears in the door looking like a demonized executioner. What I love about this comic is that Little Red Riding hood has a HUGE axe with her. I imagine she borrowed it from the Woodsman, if she didn't chop him up first. I honestly wasn't expecting that at all. Talk about Irony, Here both the wolf and I thought that Little Red Riding Hood was going to be looking well. . . ordinary. But clearly we were both wrong. Geez I love how there's an epic lightning bolt along with stormy winds behind Little Red Riding Hood. It makes her look more menacing. I actually feel sorry for the wolf. In the third sequence he looks like a docile little puppy about to get hacked. I hope Little Red is feeling merciful today.

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