𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥? 𝘏𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘌 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 (𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭 ... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥. 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦? 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳? 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩? 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥.
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𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘵 ... 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵. - Elaine Barlow (age 13)
I remember in the movie there was a line Schmendrick had that stayed with me for a long time ... he was explaining what the Red Bull was and kind of rambling different theories: one was that it was a ghost, another was that it was a tool of King Haggard, and another was that it was the bull that kept Haggard prisoner in his own castle ... and I remember that last one was the one that I believed more than anything else because I believed the bull to be a manifestation of Haggard's true self.
The Red Bull drove all the beauty, all the love ... to the ends of the earth ... drowning it essentially (though not really) but that was such a powerful idea for me and rendered beautifully by Rankin Bass's Japanese animation studio ...
The Red Bull, to me, was the manifestation of what everyone actually was ... everyone existed in this madness where they wanted to destroy everything they couldn't claim for themselves.
I learned that as early as elementary school and it's still true today.
