tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post8140362973553789342..comments2023-11-21T12:51:59.908-08:00Comments on Murderboarding Inc.: Y Justicia Para Todos Grimm S3E5 El CucuyAnna Hammetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10095633218958433882noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-89657459737178936972013-12-19T02:03:45.520-08:002013-12-19T02:03:45.520-08:00It is possible that my reaction to the ending was ...It is possible that my reaction to the ending was strongly coloured by comments I read elsewhere about sweet old ladies and violence generally in films and on tv, which was very much of the giggle giggle variety. AND while I did very much like this particular unexpected perp, I just found the execution sloppy and a bit overacted. Shrug. Cannot always love everything. Justine Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080619935561422449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-9200559821168481062013-12-17T13:29:08.839-08:002013-12-17T13:29:08.839-08:00For me it's a thing I think about (and go back...For me it's a thing I think about (and go back and forth on quite a bit) because these are the stories of my childhood and, honestly, I didn't ever expect La Llorona to show up in a popular fairy tales type show. It's the type of show where you see Snow White and Sleeping Beauty and maybe the Twelve Dancing Princesses or occasionally The Little Mermaid. Krampus and La Llorona and Baron Samedi are in that respect a pleasant surprise. And like Sasha, I'm looking forward to Baba Yaga or other such stories because those were also the stories of my childhood. I had a very mixed childhood.<br /><br />But, and I think it's mostly La Llorona here, I'm not sure what to think of the fact that she was so different and so strange that even these people who go back nearly a thousand years and have explored the Galapagos Island have no name for what she is other than, ghost. It sometimes feels like singling out. In a good way or a bad way, I don't know. In the days since we posted this I've come more to the conclusion that El Cucuy is more of an in-Grimm-Context Wesen, maybe as yet undiscovered and maybe more like Hexenbiests with supernatural abilities. But still part of the show, whereas La Llorona is entirely exotic and foreign and strange. <br /><br />Baron Samedi, I think, was just a Cracher Mortel who took on the identity the way some people take on the identity of Such-And-So, Living God. At least that's my interpretation based on the way he acted during his appearance. I'm sorry, I'm not doing a very good job of articulating why this makes me ... I'm not even sure I'd go quite so far as uncomfortable. But it's more personal than most of the other stories they deal with. I'd actually be curious to see what someone's take is on Krampus, now that that's aired, someone for whom that's also a cultural-personal thing.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, though, I did love the episodes and I don't think they meant or did anything horribly disrespectful. And as far as the human cultural aspects, neighborhoods and families and so on, they actually did one of the best jobs I've seen in a long long time. It's just that the Wesen-related aspects are an oddity to me.Kitty Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524808952260453841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-70061731467829344042013-12-17T11:38:43.164-08:002013-12-17T11:38:43.164-08:00It IS nice. I can't wait till they have all th...It IS nice. I can't wait till they have all the mains in on the action, but right now it is so very good to see Renard and the boys not having to dodge around each other with everything. <br /><br />Aw! I actually liked the ending, I'm sorry that you didn't. I saw it less as a matter of her age, though, and more as a matter of, this is a woman who won't even swear (and they likely could have gotten away with some un-subtitled swearing in Spanish, I've seen a lot of movies that do), who is clearly taking advantage of how everyone perceives her to get away with murder, literally. I'm not sure I can disagree with the assessment of Renard's reaction, though. Sadly. His comedic timing really has been excellent so far.Kitty Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524808952260453841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-52619487066835981552013-12-04T13:37:52.759-08:002013-12-04T13:37:52.759-08:00I think that there's a qualitative difference ...I think that there's a qualitative difference between La Llorona and El Cucuy (and, I would also argue, Baron Samedi) and the more typical Wesens who appear on a regular basis. While Monroe and Rosalee are certainly unique individuals, they are also members of particular species and therefore not one-of-a-kind. Maybe La Llorona and El Cucuy are also Wesen of a particular species but the stories seem to be built around the notion of an (eternal?) individual who wanders from place meting out terror or justice depending on your perspective. Or, maybe they're not all that different from angels, in Christian tradition anyway, where Michael, Gabriel and Raphael appear as individuals but with the understanding that there are hosts of others whose names are never revealed.<br /><br />In any case, I loved the La Llorona and El Cucuy episodes for the same reason that others have expressed here. Having lived in the Southwest United States for 20 years, the atmosphere and respect for the culture and individuals portrayed made me feel as though I was home. You don't see that kind of nuance in most national, dominant culture shows and I appreciate it.AZrevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838985759094244676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-25094544039737516642013-12-03T12:12:55.068-08:002013-12-03T12:12:55.068-08:00Nice to see how comfortable the captain is getting...Nice to see how comfortable the captain is getting with his team now that (almost) everyone is up to speed. Watch the scene where the team gathers in his office, and just look at how open and relaxed his body language is compared to previous seasons! Of course he still has his secrets, but not as far as police work is concerned.<br /><br />The ending I absolutely HATED. C'mon, what a letdown! First they give us this thoroughly delightful, defying-all-expectations wesen-whatever, I mean, honestly, it WAS nicely unexpected, and then they went and TURNED IT INTO A JOKE! A sweet old lady as a murderous wesen, how funny can that be, giggle giggle... Ageism much?<br /><br />And I am just not buying the captain's reaction in the end. Because however delightful Sasha Roiz' delivery of these one-liners is (and I love him more than I can tell), this was so out of character. The captain, if anyone, would know that you must not let yourself be misled by appearances. Justine Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080619935561422449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271373189216022547.post-16870131810067532562013-12-01T08:25:05.685-08:002013-12-01T08:25:05.685-08:00I'm dying to know what it means to be "ro...I'm dying to know what it means to be "royal", and what it means in the wesen world, all things (such as hexenhunking) aside. Are Royals a kind of wesen?<br /><br />I really liked this ep, especially the resolution of El Cucuy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com