Monday, December 12, 2005

An Actual Good Reason to Hate Narnia

See, I never read all of the books, which is why I missed this:
Then there's the unfortunate business with Susan, the second-oldest of the Pevensies, who near the end of the last volume is denied salvation merely because of her fondness for nylons and lipstick - because she has reached puberty, in other words, and has become sexualized.
Boy. Wonder if that'll make it to the big screen?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I remember even as a teenager how weirdly pissed off I was by this little detail about the fate of Susan. As much as I enjoy fantasy, I could understand Susan's point of view. Think of how psychotic her situation was:
Pevensie kids: "Come on, Susan! Let's go play with fauns and fight some witches in the wardrobe!"
Susan: "Guys! I'm 19 years old. I can barely fit in the wardrobe. Tomorrow, I have to attend a women's rights rally. Then I'll be working for minimum wage in the ammunitions factory."
Pevensie kids: "You're going to hell, witch! Aslan says so!"
Between Susan and the White Witch, I get the creeping suspicion that C.S. Lewis didn't think much of women.