Grimm Brother's stories in Modern times

When they first appeared, the Grimm Brother's stories differed extremely from the stories of today. They were much darker, with characters often dying or being tortured in very grotesque ways. In modern times, most of the stories have been striped of that violence and adapted to appeal to a younger audience. During the beginning of motion pictures, fairy tales were ideal for film making, due to the fact that they didn't need much exposition or explanation, as most of the tales were well known, and the stories themselves were short. However, as film evolved, fairy tales faded.

By the time animated movies began, fairy tales were adopted by this new movie format. An animation company known as "Laugh-'O-Gram" was creating shortened, altered versions of the original tales. At this point in time, a certain skilled animator wished to create animations that were more faithful to the original tales. This man's name is Walt Disney (Lee, 12). After creating his own company, he wished to create "Snow White," but with more of the Grimm Brother's ideas (Lee, 12). All of the darker ideas were vetoed by the staff, the only route to go was to create a version without any of the darker aspects (Lee, 13). This film, of course, was extremely popular. Animated fairy tales films following the release of "Snow White" were devoid of anything dark, thus creating the modern fairy tale genre.