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Cathi Colas Audiobooks and High Horse Press present GRIMM WOMEN: And the End of Ever After. Original Grimm tales written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Villain Essays written by Cathi Colas

Today we dive into RAPUNZEL (all that beautiful hair) who, as a punishment to her parents for stealing greens, was taken when she was a baby, by Mother Gothel. As you’ll see, Gothel got the raw end of that deal. Then we meet MOTHER HOLLE. Lovely old woman. Enormous teeth. I don’t know why. She meets two sisters, one beautiful (of course) and the other, not so much. Who wins out? Let’s see.

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Welcome to Season 3. For the next few weeks, we will be presenting GRIMM WOMEN: And the End of Ever After. Original Grimm tales written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The Introduction, Afterwards, and Villain Voices written by Cathi Colas.

This still falls under the realm of Classics, but with a twist. I brought together some of the more memorable Grimmcesses and since I have always been on the other side of that coin, I wanted to hear from their antagonists. So, they have a say in this too.

I wasn’t sure, when I was putting this together, whether it was still relevant. But I was having an eye-opening conversation with my daughter the other day and I realized that even today, the damage done by Disney to little girls remains. Disney has way better role models now, but back in the day, not so much.

My daughter is getting married in June. She is planning an extravaganza for a wedding. Unfortunately for her, her parents come from plain stock, so the bill is being footed by my daughter and her fiancé, who don’t have this kind of cash.

I asked her why she was doing this and not putting the money down on say, a house? She told me that all her life she dreamed of the ‘fairytale’ wedding. She spent her childhood watching Disney princesses and she almost felt programmed to want this. Not only that, she felt she deserved it.

My daughter is truly a Disney princess come to life. She is beautiful, ethereal, but she is also 31. When do we release the litany of messages that bombard us with the belief that with beauty comes the promise we will have it all.

Did I do this to my daughter. Probably in the beginning. The collection of old VHS movies gathering dust in the attic is testament to my indoctrinating her. I didn’t mean to do this. I just wanted her to be quiet for an hour.

Anyway, this is my take on beauty, Grimmcesses, the voices of the villains, and the end of ever after.

I promise a way shorter Intro next week.

Here we go.

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Welcome to the Final Episode of BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. Finally, after so many years, and so many different masters, Beauty finds his forever home. At the end there is an Afterward, written by, yours truly.

Next week we start Season 3. I have a short one. GRIMM WOMEN: And the end of Ever After. It’s a different take on the old tales. It will only be a two-week run, so tune in for that.

In Season 4 we’ll go back to the longer classics.

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Welcome to Episode 16 of BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. Beauty is once again being driven much too hard with a load that is way too heavy, until he gets a reprieve by a kind stranger. He is then moved to the stable owned by Nicholas Skinner, known to work his horses to the point of near death. And so it was with Beauty. His next trip left him lying on the road and praying for the end.

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Welcome to Episode 15 of BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell Jerry does a good deed making some election men very angry. A wreck by a drunk driver leaves Captain in very bad way. Hard decisions have to be made after Jerry becomes very sick.

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Welcome to Episode 14 of BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. I’ll tell you all now, this has been the hardest one of all. Black Beauty and Ginger meet again for what will be the last time. The Butcher’s son forces his pony to go at too fast a pace, for which the butcher punishes him. The election in London causes a sense of mean spiritedness.

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Welcome to Episode 13 of BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. Although Jerry has made it a point to not work on Sundays, he is compelled to help a neighbor needing to visit a sick relative. Black Beauty gets some much-needed pasture time. Dolly learns what a true gentleman really is. The drivers get a lesson from one of their own, about the hardships of running a cab.

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Welcome to Episode 12 of BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell. Today we get to hear Captain’s story of the time he spent as a war horse in his youth. We also get to know the kind-hearted Jerry Barker, the lovely man who is now Beauty’s new master. Not only does Jerry treasure and protect his Sundays with his family, he also ensures his horses have a much-needed day of rest.

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