A call for tolerance against crossdressing wolves.

Today in the kindergarden we went on a field trip to see a musical put on at a local shopping center. I was the only native English speaker that went along on the trip, and upon arrival, the only foreigner there as well. Luckily I packed my headphones, as I was in for one boring time.

On the bus I asked what musical we were going to see, and I got a response of "Red Hat Girl Christmas" from the teachers and a few of the students. When I mentioned that this didn't make much sense to me, they tried to explain that I should know who "Red Hat girl" was. I was more concerned about keeping track of all the students as we negotiated the maze that was the store on the way to the elevators.

I was baffled until I saw the props littered upon the stage: Little Red Riding Hood Christmas! Of course! I kept tight lipped about a hood not being a hat, and listened to the talking raccoon talking to the children about what to do while watching the musical. After making sure that at no time would the play require me to pay attention in any way as an audience member, I turned my headphones.

I don't know if I missed where they were handing out the tablets of LSD to the hundred of childrens watching the play, but I didn't recieve any. I assume drug use was required to make sense of the play, because I was completely lost while watching it. I didn't actually listen to any part of the play, and I fell asleep at one point, I still think their take on "Little Red Riding Hood" was a tad trippy. Is it me, or did the Grimm Fairy tale version lack techno music and dance numbers.

To recap, the lessons of the musica were as follows:
1. Parental neglect is ok: The mother knows about the wolf but sends Little Red out to Grandma's with a basket of tasty food. Child Endangerment much?
2. Trusting vegetarian woodland creatures with the ability to speak is ok: As long as an animal doesn't want to eat you, it's ok to listen to a squirel when asking for directions. The wolf even dressed up as a rabbit and Little Red listened to it blindly.
3. Crossdressing wolves should be shot on sight: Any wolf dressed up as a grandmother should be distrusted and possibly shot repeatedly. Never, under any circumstances should you trust a crossdressing wolf.

Certainly these are all important lessons to learn in life that we must learn at one point in time on another. The kids certainly took everything they saw to heart, and I expect the rise in violence against crossdressing wolves to continue unabated in Korea. I still can't figure out what the hell Santa Claus had to do with Little Red Riding Hood anyway...