Jeff noticed the other day that Disney’s The Little Mermaid riffs on this—the protagonist is literally a princess in her own world, but is dissatisfied with the ocean and dreams of life on land with exotic things like forks and fire. There’s kind of a charming sequence where she gets to walk around a city for the first time and is totally excited about the road, the horse, the puppet show, etc.
But then, kids do this a lot. Children are the real experts at enjoying life in the real universe.
Jeff noticed the other day that Disney’s The Little Mermaid riffs on this—the protagonist is literally a princess in her own world, but is dissatisfied with the ocean and dreams of life on land with exotic things like forks and fire. There’s kind of a charming sequence where she gets to walk around a city for the first time and is totally excited about the road, the horse, the puppet show, etc.
But then, kids do this a lot. Children are the real experts at enjoying life in the real universe.
But from the main character’s point of view, it seems like it’s doing the opposite. Her father has a magical trident and she dreams of dinner forks.
And we have airplanes but we dream about flying on brooms.
Broom is to an airplane as a motorcycle is to a train. Also, I’d guess a lot of people want their own broom exactly because nobody else has one.
That is a particularly brilliant way of framing it.
Thanks!