The Forbidden Door with Eugenia Triantafyllou
Eugenia Triantafyllou joins us again from Greece to talk about Greek television and a very specific episode of Storybook International: The Forbidden Door!
Eugenia Triantafyllou joins us again from Greece to talk about Greek television and a very specific episode of Storybook International: The Forbidden Door! If you aren’t familiar with Eugenia, be sure to check out her awesome stories!
You can watch The Forbidden Door here.
Listen to "The Forbidden Door with Eugenia Triantafyllou" on Spreaker.Here’s Eugenia’s Summary:
“This was a show I vaguely remember, and to my childhood eyes it felt like a documentary because even though it had fairytales the way it was filmed felt very down to earth. I think it was called Storybook and it had folktales from many places in English, but for us there was narration over it in Greek. Perhaps why it felt like a documentary. The beginning was a bard singing a song and then the folktale would play. This particular tale was about a guy who is told not to open a door. Something like Bluebeard, but he wasn't getting married to someone, I don't think. Of course he opens the door and there is a giant on the other side and he pics the guy up and then I am not sure what happens but I remember him being devasted after that, and this did something to my kid brain. It was very weird/existensial and it stuck with me.”
Eugenia also told us about Froutopia—not Fruitopia, the 1990s US soft drink, but a Greek TV show about anthropomorphic produce.
And here’s the Greek TV sign on/sign off Eugenia remembers from her childhood.
According to Eugenia, this is called “The Little Herd Boy” and it is by one of the master flautists, who was a legendary player. How cool is that?
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