I first read
Washington Irving’s, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” when I was in Elementary
School. By that time, I had already
developed a passion for horror stories so I was thrilled when it was assigned
to our English class a few years later.
It has always surprised me that film and television adaptations fell
pitifully flat in comparison to Irving’s brilliant storytelling. So far, Disney’s animated interpretation, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
has probably been the best of the bunch and that isn’t saying much. Despite my affinity for Johnny Depp’s movies,
I found Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow
to be a disappointment.
That being
said, news of Fox’s new television program, Sleepy Hollow filled me with both curiosity and
trepidation. In spite of my mixed emotions,
I set my DVR and waited. The pilot still
left me battling the same conflicting perceptions, with trepidation edging into
the lead. It looks like I will need to
set my DVR again, cross my fingers and wait for next week. Here’s hoping Fox will finally do justice to
an American Classic. Nearly two hundred
years is a long time for Ichabod to wait and it would be a true tragedy to wait
two hundred more… Until then, the Headless Horseman roams the night searching
for his next victim. Sleep well.
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