Esteva - Edward Scissorhands

One could say Tim Burton’s movie, “Edward Scissorhands” is, in some way, a fairy tail. In my opinion, the most important aspect of the film that allows me to categorize is it as a fairy tail is that, as many other stories of this type, it develops as a bedtime story an old lady was telling her granddaughter. One could say Edward Scissorhands is the classical fairy tail with an abstract twist.

       At the beginning of the movie one can see the classical suburban neighborhood of the 50s, perfect little houses in pastel colors with green yards, children running around, stay at home women and working husbands. When Edward is first taken to Peg’s house he becomes the most popular person around. Every single being wants to know him, and in result of this Peg is forced to host a barbecue so everyone can meet him. When the neighbors finally meet him, he becomes more popular. People start to ask him to fix their yards, cut their dog’s hair and even their own hair.

      Nevertheless, as quickly as he became the most sensational human being around, everyone soon hated him. It’s like the entire neighborhood shares one brain, they all together love him or hate him, and for what is worse, they do not have an specific reason for neither of these feelings. They all just go along with the rest of the town and change their minds about Edward pretty fast.

        As the typical fairy tail, Edward Scissorhands has a moral behind the story. It shows how people can make you feel like you are the most important person in the world and then, out of the blue, turn completely against you without any concrete reason.

      In my opinion, the town transgressed when they did that to Edward. It showed how shady and superficial the can be.