Monday, April 8, 2013

Alice in Popular Culture


FILM & PHOTOGRAPHY

Alice inspired Fashion Photography

Alice inspired fashion photography
Through the Looking Glass 1986



Disney's Alice in Wonderland

Alice statue in Central Park NY
Often depicted in movies that portray the loss of innocence


Disney's Alice in Wonderland 2010





SONGS

Using the website.... http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/03/alice-in-wonderland-music/ I found a wide range of Alice in Wonderland inspired songs...here are a few that stood out to me.

'I Am the Walrus,' The Beatles

Not long before his death, John Lennon told sources that the first two lines of the 1967 Beatles tune 'I Am the Walrus'  was inspired by 'The Walrus and the Carpenter,' a poem recited by Tweedledee and Tweedledum in 'Through the Looking-Glass.'


'White Rabbit,' Jefferson Airplane

When Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick was a child, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was often read to her. And apparently it left an impression. Originally written for her first band the Great Society in 1965 and released by the Airplane in 1967, Slick's 'Rabbit' became synonymous with psychedelic rock.  



LITERATURE
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum, 1990) Baum wanted to create an "American Alice"
Go Ask Alice (Anon., 1971)
"Alice" (Shel Silverstein, 1974)

Shel Silverstein's Poem "Alice"

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