Interesting article
https://www.slashfilm.com/jim-hensons-labyrinth-allegory-date-rape/
No, I think the intention was to turn all the old myths and legends about Faeries kidnapping children into a movie, and add on a modern protagonist who comes of age, learns responsibility, and has their sexuality awakened.
Coming of age stories are always a good sell.
There's a "coming of age" metaphor under a lot of "girl vanishes into fantasy land" stories. I think The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland have that, too.
Growing up means the world stops making sense, you're topsy-turvy, you're growing oddly, you're uncomfortable, you're looking for home...the whole bit.
Labyrinth is clearly (partly) about a girl advancing to womanhood, with all the confusion of that. She also learns not to necessarily let go of childhood and fantasy. It's there still from time to time... "If you need us..."
A lot of the old Fairy stories featured either small children or adults going into Fairyland to rescue the kidnapped, But Hollywood tends to shy away from fairy stories with very young protagonists, as having child actors in major roles is awkward, and you can't fit any sex into the story.
All those old fairy stories about small children performing heroic deeds came from a very different age, when lots of children held jobs, and all children of any age were thought to be susceptible to Eternal Damnation. Children's stories from that era tended to be very heavy on lectures about morality and responsible behavior, not much was dumbed down for the wee ones in those days.Well maybe sex.
Not even really sex. The OG Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty get pretty 0_0
shareNo, it was a coming-of-age story, particularly about the emotional trials a girl goes through on her journey to becoming a woman.
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https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2020/07/todays-blind-items-masses.html
The Masses: He (Jim Henson) would sucker you in with the shows and the wholesome image, but it was the movies that he showed his true vision. He was A+ list and was a director and a head of a studio ("The Jim Henson Company") and a behind the scenes performer. With his television shows ("The Muppets"/"Fraggle Rock"/"Sesame Street"), he made parents feel it was safe to take kids to see his movies, even when they seemed like they might be too much. There is a prequel ("The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance") streaming right now of one of his biggest visions ("The Dark Crystal"). He made a movie decades ago that encompassed everything he believed and always thought if he could get kids to watch it, that he could somehow control them. The movie ("Labyrinth") was essentially about mind control, rituals and blood sacrifice disguised as a children's movie. He said he wanted to make those kinds of movies so kids would get used to those ideas and think of them as normal later in life. Jim Henson/"The Jim Henson Company"/"The Muppets", "Fraggle Rock", "Sesame Street"/"The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance"/"The Dark Crystal"/"Labyrinth" (A Behind the Scenes Look at Netflix’s ‘Dark Crystal’) (Things about Labyrinth you only notice as an adult)
uhh.....interesting
shareWell......he was trying to seduce her.
shareJareth did give off some pervy vibes.
shareI'm sold.
The date rape peach is the strongest clue.
I can't unsee it now.