the goblin king

Looking at the cover of the movie Labyrinth this morning, my 8-year-old asks me, "Why does that evil woman need to steal that baby?"

"That's not a woman," I say.

"It's not??"  Pause.  Careful thought.  "If that evil man wants a baby, why doesn't he just find a woman and marry her?"

If life were really so blissfully simple, what would people make movies about?  Not, I suppose, that anything in Labyrinth resembles real life in any way whatsoever.  Maybe they ought to make a sequel: The Goblin King Finds True Love, Settles Down, and Stops Stealing Other People's Babies". 

Would he be too tired at the end of the day, I wonder, to dance around in shiny tight pants with his Muppet friends anymore?  Because that truly would be a shame. 

Possibly....possibly we analyze things a little too much.

~MB~

Comments

[marlowe]

Then he could take his own advice and "forget about the baby"!

[Grace]

hahaha! that's hilarious!