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Re: Careful with Fantasia!
Posted by merimom - - also parts of the Nutcracker segment on 5/15/08
The fairies dancing and skating around basically don't have anything on. On 5/15/08, DonnaR/CA wrote:
> On 5/15/08, dennis wrote:
>> After showing parts of Fantasia several times, a 6th grade class
>> noticed the witches in Night on Bald Mountain are topless and yes they
>> show.
>
> Leave it to 6th graders to see that! I avoided the Stravinsky piece in
> Fantasia 2000, but for different reason - the "green lady" is seen by
> some parents as anti-Christian. (Don't ask me how. I can't see it,
myself!)
>
> Also, a number of years ago I was teaching "Night on Bald Mountain"
with
> the original musical map, and some parents accosted me for teaching
> witchcraft (because the original musical map included a witch stirring
a
> cauldron!). My first argument was, it's a musical map that the
> COMPOSER made up, not me, and the piece is in our music framework;
> second argument - how can I teach witchcraft when I know nothing about
> it; third argument - I'm a Christian myself, why would I want to do
> that. They went to the principal and complained. He politely opened up
> our framework and a third grade Music textbook (though OLD); the
parents
> retreated. One thing I said to the parent was that Disney's Fantasia
> wasn't very far off the original musical map. One parent retorted, "I
> would NEVER show that piece of trash to my children." My
response, "I'm
> sorry they've missed such a wonderful piece of animation, with the best
> music, and an opportunity for a little fantasy. That's why it's called
> Fantasia."
>
>
> DonnaR/CA
Posts on this thread, including this one
- music movies, 5/15/08, by Dorie.
- Re: music movies, 5/15/08, by Liz.
- Re: music movies, 5/15/08, by PK - 5 music teacher.
- Re: music movies, 5/15/08, by DonnaR/CA .
- Re: music movies, 5/15/08, by Martha.
- Re: Careful with Fantasia!, 5/15/08, by dennis.
- Re: music movies, 5/15/08, by Andrea.
- Re: Careful with Fantasia!, 5/15/08, by DonnaR/CA .
- Re: Careful with Fantasia!, 5/15/08, by merimom - - also parts of the Nutcracker segment.
- Re: Careful with Fantasia!, 5/16/08, by Garland/GA.
- Re: music movies, 5/16/08, by musicmom.
- Re: music movies, 5/16/08, by Melanie.
- Re: music movies, 5/16/08, by Lindsey.
- Re: Careful with Fantasia!, 5/16/08, by Rachel/CA.
- Re: I wouldn't even take parents like that seriously, 5/17/08, by Liz.
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