Maybe I should save this one for that new Disney coming out…”Tangled.” At the time I wrote this back in the early days of “BookSmarts,” I was locked into the fairy tale world. I would later expand this out to be more generally about literature and even movies, but my first thought was this would be a single panel “Fractured Fairy Tales.” (If you don’t get that reference, children, check this out.)
Bottom line here is, fairy tales are often about death. So why not Rapunzel? I mean, if she’s got hair long enough to come out of a huge tower, it’s probably got a bit of heft to it. Perhaps our Prince didn’t think of this when he called up to her. Not exactly a romantic thought, to have your body crushed into a million pieces by a huge pile of hair falling from a great height. And really, what sort of life would you have with a woman who is obviously this much into her appearance? Imagine the wait when she says “I’m going to go wash my hair before we go out, honey.” Geez…just turn on “Lawrence of Arabia” or the 12-hour version of “Lord of the Rings,” brutha, because you’ve got time on your hands.
I love it. Is Disney finally making Rapunzel? I remember in the 80s they were talking about combining it with other fairy tales to make a feature. I don’t keep up anymore.
Your comic is an accurate portrayal of my haircut two days ago.
Haha! Seriously! In the story her hair is always JUST long enough. How convenient. This is MUCH more realistic
And MUCH more fun than the prince being blinded and later healed by her tears blah blah blah 
That YouTube clip reminded me that I had bought a couple of books of re-written fairytales that were hilarious – around the same idea as Fractured Fairy Tales I think. But they must have been sacrificed in the great Move to Sweden, since I can’t remember the last time saw them.
This just made me think of a book I have from when I was younger: “The Stinky Cheese Man and other Tales.” I love when people put their minds to classic stories and start asking questions – the answers (like this comic) are hilarious!
Great gag. There’s a wonderful kids book called Moostache, about a moose with a ridiculously long mustache who tries different ways to tame it. YOur kids will love it. http://www.amazon.com/Moosetache-Margie-Palatini/dp/0786811706/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1279426894&sr=1-1