The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #130769 Message #2944891
Posted By: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
14-Jul-10 - 11:00 AM
Thread Name: The Scarecrow (Lal Waterson)
Subject: RE: The Scarecrow (Lal Waterson)
As for the dreadful Wicker Man-ish imagery.
Lol, well I misread that quite badly..
But anyhow, I like the imagery. It's dreamlike and confusing. Probably best treated on it's own terms without reference to neo-pagan theology. It reminds me of the the genuinely sinister scene of the scarecrow in that field in 'the league of gentlemen', that the little girls talk to and throw stones at. While knowing full well (as we later discover) that there's a man gagged and bound within the sackcloth and straw.