Heros/Heroines

[Evil Alpaca]

I think I've seen a high school version but never a well acted version of an Athurian tale. Either on stage or on screen.

This was an official broadway cast, and the music was wonderful!

 

[BlackShanglan]

King Arthur would be another one.

(Silly horse!)

That is extremely silly of me, but I offer "Camlaan" (see stories list) as evidence that I have at least remembered him in the past.

Actually, in my darker moments, I would also have to cite Sweeney Todd as a major influence. When under stress, I still have a bad habit of whistling the cheery-sounding tune from "Pretty Women" that Todd whistles in preparation to cutting the judge's throat.

One has to love a play that ends with precisely one major character alive and sane

Shanglan

 

[RebeccaLeah]

This was an official broadway cast, and the music was wonderful!

I'll have to go look for it over break.

 

[rgraham666]

I think I've seen a high school version but never a well acted version of an Athurian tale. Either on stage or on screen.

You mean you've never seen Excaliber?

You've missed a treat then.

Now that it's been mentioned, I'll also put Sir Percival from this movie as a hero. He came from the very bottom to be one of the Knights of the Round Table.

Good on him!

 

[Evil Alpaca]

No, I've seen Excaliber . . . a very different approach to the Arthurian legend, but excellent in it's own right.

Agree totally on Percival. First guy to tell Arthur what was really happening.

You mean you've never seen Excaliber?

You've missed a treat then.

Now that it's been mentioned, I'll also put Sir Percival from this movie as a hero. He came from the very bottom to be one of the Knights of the Round Table.

Good on him!

 

[BlackShanglan]

You mean you've never seen Excaliber?

You've missed a treat then.

Now that it's been mentioned, I'll also put Sir Percival from this movie as a hero. He came from the very bottom to be one of the Knights of the Round Table.

Good on him!

Yes, I always had a soft spot for Percival as well. If I remember, the version of the Grail legends I read said that SIr Galahad was granted the sight of the Grail due to his perfection, Sir Bors because of his grasp of and dedication to dogma, and Sir Percival for his purety of heart. I always thought that of the three, I liked Percival's nature best.

Of course, as heros go, my adult hero has to be Fergus Mac Roich. What a titanic and amazing figure. Yeats's Cuchulain, if you get down to it, is based a good deal more on Fergus than on the Cuchulain of legend. And that's all to the good. I'd have to add James Connolly to the list as well; he always seemed a decent and humane sort.

Shanglan

 

[logophile]

The only childhood heroine I can come up with is Laura Ingalls Wilder. *sigh* I just love her so much.

I remember lots of strong female characters from my childhood reading, but the sheer volume of books I consumed makes it hard to remember names and book titles.

Oh, wait, there was one other. In high school I read Zimmer-Bradley's Firebrand and was quite taken with Cassandra.

And I guess Cleopatra would be another.

 

[Amy Sweet]

Lois Lane

Superman

Anne Frank

(strange combonation, no?)

Also loved how wonder woman did that spinny thing.

The Hulk

The Duke Boys.

lemme see if I can think of more...