I got the DVD of “Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses” via Interlibrary Loan and decided to watch it that same evening while I did the dishes. So I brought the little portable DVD player and set it on the ledge where I could see it. I got the Dinosaurs and Neanderthal men to shove over to make room for the player, and was surprised that they all ended up watching with me. I figured most of them would opt out and scatter to the four corners of the house. It must have been a slow Friday night for them, with no better options for entertainment. The animated movie actually was more enjoyable than I thought it would be. I’ve been on a marathon read of all sorts of interpretations of that fairy tale, and the honor of the dumbest version (IMO) still belongs to the picture book entitled “Twelve Dancing Unicorns.”
