I had no idea of the power of the writing. My mother read Bambi to me as a child, and this certainly seems familiar, the panic of the other animals. I had forgotten Bambi was a "he." Funny how that's gotten turned around.
He ends up as a handsome stag at the end. The mating stuff in the movie is SO coy, however! I guess rutting has to be sanitized. I was very surprised that there was no fire at the end. The big climax in the book is finding a man dead and mauled. So they all feel rather smug.
I had no idea of the power of the writing. My mother read Bambi to me as a child, and this certainly seems familiar, the panic of the other animals. I had forgotten Bambi was a "he." Funny how that's gotten turned around.
ReplyDeleteHe ends up as a handsome stag at the end. The mating stuff in the movie is SO coy, however! I guess rutting has to be sanitized. I was very surprised that there was no fire at the end. The big climax in the book is finding a man dead and mauled. So they all feel rather smug.
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