Intro
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Great stories get told again and again. New twists might get added to them to grab the attention of a whole new audience, but there is something special about them that makes them last.
Snow White is one of those stories. First, it was a fairytale written hundreds of years ago. Then it was made into a classic children’s movie by Disney. Now it’s a thrilling adventure story starring Kristen Stewart called Snow White and the Huntsman. In the new version of the film, Snow White is a lot less helpless and a lot more fierce. Hear Jason and Amy talk about a wild new interpretation of this classic story.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Amy |
Jason: If you were one of the seven dwarfs, which one would you be?
Amy: Probably either Sneezey…
Jason: Yeah, I’d be Sneezey. It’s hay fever season right now.
Amy: Yeah, hopefully not Lazy, but I don’t know. Or Dopey.
Jason: Have you seen the new Snow White? It’s not very dopey or lazy at all.
Amy: Yeah, it looks crazy.
Jason: It’s very intense, yeah.
Amy: It’s interesting, there have been a lot of these kind of edgy fairytales of late.
Jason: Right. There was Red Riding Hood before. Yeah, this is the same deal. It’s an action movie version of a fairytale, with Kristen Stewart as the central character, which…I’m not sure if this is the best role for her. Snow White is a character that makes sense for her.
Amy: Because she’s pale?
Jason: Yeah, and she can be sweet, kind of. But this Snow White is like the leader of a revolutionary army. And she just doesn’t have the passion, I think, that this version of Snow White needs to have.
Amy: Well, what about the evil queen?
Jason: That’s who you end up rooting for. Charlize Theron is fun in almost everything she does, and so, since Kristen Stewart doesn’t really draw you in, I kind of ended up rooting for the evil queen.
Amy: There’s actually a lot of stories where you end up rooting for the villain, I think. It’s kind of more fun to root for the dark side.
Jason: Yeah, maybe that was the idea.
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Discussion
Jason tells Amy about the new movie, Snow White and the Hunstman. It is an action-movie version of the classic fairytale, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”
The actress Kristen Stewart plays Snow White in the new film. Jason thinks it isn’t the best role for her. This version of Snow White is the leader of a revolutionary army, and Jason feels that Kristen Stewart isn’t passionate enough to play this part.
On the other hand, Charlize Theron does a great job as the evil queen. Amy thinks it’s common to root for the villain in films.
If you were an actor, what kind of character would you want to play?
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