The Age of Creepiness
Once upon a time, or so we’re told, the princes were charming, the villains were grotesque, and distinguishing between them was as simple as examining their manners and their minds. When Rapunzel meets her overeager home invader of a nobleman, she finds him “friendly”—so much so that, when he promptly asks her for her heart, she happily obliges. On the other hand, “It must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain.
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