Tag: A Christmas Carol
Sven Wollter reads A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
So begins Charles Dickens his story about the grumpy, greedy and spoiled Ebenezer Scrooge who built up his wealth with an icy heart. The approach of Christmas Eve disturbs him the most as people in general become far too nice and emotional. Also, his bookkeeper demands time off. This annoying Christmas Eve also becomes his […]
The Muppet Christmas Carol turns 30: how the movie became a cult classic
“Cult” is often used indiscriminately in film and television. IN Cult films (1981), the film critic Danny Peary argued that it should be reserved for “special films which, for one reason or another, have been taken to the heart of sections of the film audience, cherished, protected and, above all, enthusiastically championed”. Subsequently academic and […]
