If you’re a fan of the various forms of puppetry, here’s a version of the Caterpillar scene from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as performed by a trio of puppeteers who also… [read full post]
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Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar Defies UK Smoking Ban
From the “You can’t make this stuff up (unless maybe you’re Lewis Carroll)” Department comes this entertaining news item from the UK. It seems a florist in Blackburn had a… [read full post]
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee are skinhead 1960’s soccer fans
This May, a London jeweller-turned-artist named Joe O’Donovan displayed his new series of “Alice in Wonderland” paintings at the Marleybone Library in Westminster. The West End Extra reported that “among… [read full post]
Who are you? Roger Daltrey to voice the Caterpillar in “Once Upon a Time” Wonderland special
Roger Daltrey, former lead singer of The Who, is to lend his voice to the Caterpillar in a Wonderland-themed episode of the ABC show Once Upon a Time. The executive… [read full post]
The Dude abides in Wonderland
O Absalom, my caterpillar!
A writer named Steve A Wiggins (“part-time Academic” & “failed priest” according to his bio) wonders on his blog Sects & Violence in the Ancient World about screenwriter Linda Woolverton’s… [read full post]
Obese Alice & Cannabis-smoking Caterpillar in Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle
Criticizing the Critics, & futterwacking around the Alice Movie Paradox
[Warning! Spoiler alert! It was all a dream!] When Lewis Carroll published a few thousand copies of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 1865, with no hype or buzz, it received… [read full post]
Rated PG for Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar
I just noticed that Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland is rated PG “for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.” Wonderful! Disney’s 1951 version, which… [read full post]