“People like that- they deserve to die
Interesting: this episode is sort of based on the obscure Grimm fairy
tale The White Snake, but in both
title and plot it seems to bear more relation to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. There’s even a
character called Lennie. Also interesting is that, although Martin Burgess is a
sort of mouse creature, this isn’t really the point, being little more than a
metaphor for the character’s timidity. That’s interesting; this series as a
whole is carrying on the long-standing literary tradition of
anthropomorphic representation of
people’s personalities. As far as the creatures are concerned, though, I‘ve
increasingly begun to notice that prosthetics are being used in addition to
CGI. Good.
The snake creature, on the other hand, is a nasty, smarmy lawyer. Also
nasty are the assorted creatures who lure Monroe to a building just so they can
duff him up for hanging around with a Grimm. Magnificently, of course, he’s
only spurred on further in his partnership with Nick. Monroe is without
question the best character in the series. If only he had better taste in beer.
There isn’t much going on in this episode, arc-wise, but it’s a nice
little stand-alone tale.
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