I definitely think the target audience of this film was the younger, lower/middle class because of the emphasis on hard work (as with the DEFA Snow White film) as well as the element of comedy present in the film.
I found many similarities between "The Devil's Three Golden Hairs" and "Snow White" - the most obvious similarity to me was in the opening scene. "The Devil's Three Golden Hairs" opens with the blacksmiths working really hard, and in "Schneewittchen," the kitchen scene with all the cooks and kitchen hands working away. Both of these scenes were really long (even though they really didn't contribute that much to the actual plot of the story) and were meant to emphasize the benefits of hard work.
This "lesson" of hard work that the film attempts to teach makes me believe even more that the film was geared towards the younger population (possibly towards children)
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I hadn't thought that the audience might be children due to the emphasis on hard work... good point!
ReplyDeleteI think at the time the message that hard work is important was very prevalent; particularly to the middle and lower classes. It sends the message that one can improve one's lot in life through honest hard work. If this message can be instilled in children while the are still young, all the better.
ReplyDeleteWhat stuck out to me most in terms of similarities between the two films was the emphasis placed on working hard, which makes it easy to interpret that it is geared toward children, as such values are typically instilled in children. The films are the medium that government uses to indoctrinate, and children are the most convenient targets, because their minds are the most malleable.
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