Ep 54 - Fairy Tale Tropes & the Gospel of Cinderella

In this episode, we explore the history of film and television adaptations of Cinderella with guests Chanel Earl and Jill Terry Rudy. We talk about how this perhaps most popular of fairy tales intersects with Latter-day Saint themes and chat about various versions from early cinema to classic Disney to modern takes, discussing how kindness, redemption, and overcoming adversity resonate with our faith.

Best Books:

Liz - The Just City by Jo Walton

Carl - Divine Cities Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett

Chanel - How to Know a Person by David Brooks; Mrs. Davis (Peacock)

Jill - The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar

Links:

Kjerste Christensen, The Lure of Happily Ever After: Mormon Authors and Fairy Tale Retellings

Cinderella adaptations we mention:

Georges Melies's Cendrillon (1899)

Lotte Reiniger’s Aschenputtel (1922)

Disney’s Cinderella (1950)

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957) - starring Julie Andrews

Cinderfella (1960)

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) - starring Lesley Ann Warren

The Muppets: Hey, Cinderella! (1969)

The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

Fairy Tale Theater Cinderella (1983)

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) - starring Brandy

Ever After (1998)

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (2002)

A Cinderella Story (2004) - starring Hillary Duff

Ella Enchanted (2004)

Disney’s live action Cinderella (2015)

Not Cinderella’s Type (2018)

Amazon Prime’s Cinderella (2021)

Find Us:

Carl - Threads: @CarlCranney

Liz - lizbusby.com Chanel - Atonement and Fairy Stories series for Wayfare

Jill - Fairy Tale TV database; Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy Tale Cultures

Audio mastering by Carl Cranney

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