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For some of this term we have been working on “Fractured Fairy Tales”. A fractured fairy tale is a story that uses fairy tales that you are familiar with and changes the setting, point of view or plot and some of the characters, usually these changes add humour to the story.
One of the fractured fairy tales we focused on was “Hoodwinked”. Hoodwinked is the fractured fairy tale of “Little Red Riding Hood”. Hoodwinked main characters; Red Puckett, Granny Puckett, the Wolf (undercover detective), Twitchy (the Wolf’s photographer), Kirk (the Woodsman/ Schnitzel Man), Flippers (detective), Chief Grizzly and Boingo the bunny (goodie bandit). The movie is set in three different places, the woods, Granny’s house and the mountain. The problem in the story is that there is a goodie bandit that is stealing all the recipes from all the goodie shops and the main characters are getting the blame. Comparing the two stories Hoodwinked and Little Red Riding Hood
Similarities;
Same main characters
Red was told not to talk to strangers
Wolf dresses as Granny to trick Red

Differences;
Characters personalities
Moral
Plot
Wolf eats Granny and Red
Wolf dies
Granny is sick and Red brings her wine and cake
Reds Mother sent her to Granny’s
Stops to pick flowers
There is a Goodie Bandit
Granny Puckett is Goodie Baker
Granny has Double Life

The events of Hoodwinked;
Red taking Goodies to Granny
Red arrives at Granny’s where the wolf is waiting for her dressed as Granny
The police arrive and start investigating a crime
They have realised who the goodie bandit is by that one person in everyone’s story
The catch the goodie bandit and everyone opens their shop up

The events of Little Red Riding Hood;
Red was sent to her sick granny with wine and cake
Red met the wolf and accidentally told him where her granny lived
Went of the path to pick flowers when she wasn’t supposed to
Wolf bet Red to

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