So next week I will be retelling the story of "The Blind Bride". The story goes as follows: Dedrash, Pandu's brother, has been born blind due to the situation of his birth. When he marries, his wife decides to support him by covering her eyes, never to see again.
When I read this story, it reminded me of an indie film that was released a year or so ago to much critical acclaim. It's story is far more complicated, but basically, love has been institutionalized to the point were if you do not get married, you will be turned into an animal of your choice. The cathc is that in order to marry someone, you must share a significant personal feature, such as both being excellent swimmers. The idea is that you two will "match" better.
Anyway cutting to the end of the film, the main character couple wants to marry each other. Previously they had shared a love for reading, but The female had been forcibly blinded by the villain of the story in order to prevent her from marrying the guy. In order to fix things, the guys blinds himself with a sharp knife so that they can marry.
There is a clear similarity here, and I want to mesh the two stories into one.
My plan is to use the strange world of Lobster and the stand alone narrative of the chapter of the Mahabharata to create a new unique tale.
Josh, I just saw this blog post pop up (the image is pretty attention-getting)... and this Lobster connection sounds fascinating, wow! Maybe you can even find a way to work this into your Storybook somehow. Anyway, it is always so cool to see totally new things that people come up with in this class. I haven't seen the movie... it sounds INTENSE.
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