Jim Henson and the Fairy Tale Film with Dr Andrea Wright
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Icy Sedgwick interviews Dr Andrea Wright about Jim Henson's contributions to fairy tale films and the influence of the Muppets.
In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat to Dr Andrea Wright about the fairy tale film as a concept, Jim Henson's career in film and television, the influence of the Muppets on fairy tales on screen, and what Jareth would have made of Miss Piggy! Andrea Wright is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Learning Development at Edge Hill University. She leads the Professional Standards Framework CPD Scheme, teaches on the PGCert Teaching in Higher Education and is involved in staff development across the University. Her discipline expertise is in screen studies and fantasy/fairy tales, New Zealand cinema, and British television costume dramas are central to her research interests. She has written on production design, landscape, gender representation, and national identity. Recent publications include chapters on the New Zealand short films Possum and Nature’s Way for the collection Haunted Soundtracks , and The Frankenstein Chronicles and The Alienist for the collection Diagnosing History: Medicine in Television Costume Dramas . Andrea is also the author of the monograph The Fairy Tales of Jim Henson: Keeping the Best Place by the Fire . Buy a copy of The Fairy Tales of Jim…
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