pixrox1 Review of The Story of 'Rapunzel'

The Story of 'Rapunzel' (1951)

This is NOT an example of Ray's best work, as Mr. H. would have been better off . . .

[6/10 · 21 July 2020]

. . . "Sending in the Kraken" as soon as the milquetoast prince fall-guy dude clutters up the scene. THE STORY OF RAPUNZEL seems to be crying out for the sort of oddball lover reinterpretation that enthralled theater-goers when KING KONG first began to fluff the duds off Fay Wray like they were some sort of inconvenient, unpalatable banana peelings. If only Ray had exercised his thinking muscles, it's likely that his retelling of this stale tale could have featured a tomboy tower climber of the distaff set.