Comparing
the Snow White versions we read in
class to the Sonne music video, there
are a bunch of similarities, but just displayed in a different way. In the
music video, Snow White is fair with black hair and ruby red lips like in the
stories and is wearing a Disney inspired ball gown. The music video also features
the band members as the dwarves and has scenes of them mining. The Snow White
in Sonne is not gentle and timid like
in the stories, but instead she is dominating, seductive, and fierce. Instead
of the dwarves serving as a father figure, Snow White is more of a mother
figure but keying in on an oedipal atmosphere (she spanks the dwarves and is
sultry when she interacts with them). In the music video, there is no evil
witch plotting to kill Snow White, instead Snow White indulges in self-destructive
behavior. She is shown snorting (glittery) cocaine and overdosed in the bathtub
with a needle and syringe beside her. The witch’s motifs of the comb and the
lace is still present with one of the dwarves brushing her long locks and Snow
White flaunting her lacy tights. The apple is also present; however it is what
appears to revive her, not kill her. The dwarves carry her glass casket up the
mountain as they cry for their loss when suddenly an apple falls from the
branch above and breaks the glass. Snow White catches the apple and immediately
sits up, good as new. Perhaps Snow White only appeared dead, but was really
just passed out?
The ambiance
of the Sonne Snow White reminds me of
the darker nature of Snow, Glass, Apple, but preserving the traditional
motifs of the Grimm version with a twist. I have an appreciation for the
original Snow White and the earlier versions, but I also enjoy new takes on it,
as I do with all of the tales so far.
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