From the guy that gave you Labyrinths and Skekses: Jim Henson's The StoryTeller

    In the past months or so I have discovered a mini series that I have been watching for weeks on end on youtube. (This isn't why I haven't posted anything in a while though.) It's called Jim Henson's The Storyteller. From the guy that brought you the Muppets comes a wonderful mini series, (starring John Hurt as the Storyteller and Brian Henson as the dog,) that uses puppets from Jim Henson's Creature Shop that may enchant every fantasy lover. 

     Once upon a time, there was a storyteller and his dog. In each of nine episodes, the storyteller tells the audience and his dog a different story. Some are about fear, some about love, and some about destiny. Will all the stories he has in store include a happy ending?

      The stories that the Storyteller gives us are delightful for a number of reasons. The first thing I noticed is that they have the elements of your classic fairy tales. This can be shown in Sapsorrow, and The Soldier and Death. The story of Sapsorrow shares characteristics with that of Cinderella; such as a lost slipper and changing from ugly to beautiful for a ball. The Soldier and Death is different because it involves Heaven and Hell. But it's still like a fairy tale given the fact that this story also has to do with acquiring magical objects and boldly doing things that everyone else would think impossible. 

     It takes great skill to tell a great story, and no one could've played the Storyteller the way John Hurt did. With his fabulous performance, I ended up enjoying the Storyteller himself just as well as his stories. The character of the Storyteller brings forth charm, wit, and emotion. He's such a pleasant old man that he could definitely be like a grandfather to someone. The Storyteller even appears in some of the stories he is telling, making those tales as, (if not more,) marvelous than the others. 

 Along with everything else in Jim Henson's The Storyteller, we have music that sounds simply magical. Done by Rachel Portman, the music that's heard in The Storyteller sets the mood and creates some of the atmosphere for each story in the series.  

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