"Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
Instead of
finding a cartoon with the theme of “Little Red Riding Hood,” I chose an
interesting song that conveys a different message but still involves the same
theme. The song is called “Little Red Riding Hood” by Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs.
I would say that this song is more of a social type of song over political
because it is not concerning anything about a party or groups in politics.
I really like this song just because
you can imagine your own cartoon for it. Also, it has a different type of ending
and message than that of the Grimm version of the fairy tale and in the movie “Hoodwinked.”
In the Grimm version, the wolf is set out to be the bad guy. The wolf
symbolizes the lustful thoughts of a man or sexual predator - when analyzing
the Grimm tale. The wolf is set out to be a predator and someone who Little Red
Cap does not trust because he stray her away from the path into the forest to
her grandmother’s house. However, in the end, a hunter cut open the wolf when
he ate the grandmother and Little Red Cap and was outwitted by the three characters
thus ending up dead. But the wolf in the
movie “Hoodwinked” is actually a very determinate, bold, and just a good guy who
has a heart more than just being hungry. He is willing to help and protect the
other characters in the movie, including saving Red and helping to rescue her Granny.
This movie also had a happy ending but the wolf was just more of a good
character.
In the song by Sam the Sham &
the Pharaohs, they focus on how people have already made their interpretations
of the wolf as a horrible, hungry, flesh eating wild animal. They use this
social aspect of the wolf to explain how, in reality, he is just understood as
a monster but not as an animal with feelings. In the beginning of the song, the
singer describes the setting of the story “Little Red Riding Hood.” They still
cover the main plot and theme of the girl encountering the wolf and him
following her to grandmother’s house. During the song, they describe eyes,
lips, and heart. But instead of describing the ears, hands, and mouth of the
wolf, the artist depicts the lips and eyes of the little girl and how that
lures such a bad creature toward her. Then they just describe how big the heart
is of the wolf because he really is not looking for someone to eat like in the
Grimm version with his big mouth.
“What a big
heart I have-the better to love you with. Little Red Riding Hood, even bad
wolves can be good. I'll try to be satisfied just to walk close by your side. Maybe
you'll see things my way before we get to grandma's place.”
In short, this song just focuses on
how the wolf does not want to be seen as the bad wolf. He does care and he just
wants Little Red Riding Hood to understand that he is not like the rest of the
wolves out there. This could symbolize men and their treatment towards women.
Some women view men as pigs and predators and because of their past experiences
with some men, they think this is how all men act. But the wolf is trying to
get his point across that he is not like “everyone.” Just like how some men try
to prove to women that they are not like the other guys they have been with. Some
men actually do have a heart like the wolf in the song.
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