Gourmandises: Mylène Farmer and the Truth of the Song

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There is speculation that Gourmandises written by Mylène Farmer is very controversial. It is said the song is based on the Little Red Riding Hood story, whose true meaning is more well known in France where the tale originated. There are claims the end of the Gourmandises video holds clues.

Below are some quotes about the strange mind of Mylène Farmer and a quote from a University of Virginia professor about the French story Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge). The description of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by the professor sounds a lot like the song.

Is there any truth in the web speculation, or is it just silly nonsense that people read into a simple song?

Mylene Farmer is a popular 80's - 90's pop singer who popularized a Gothic/romantic genre, mixing aesthetics from the Marquis de Sade, sex abuse, vampires etc without using too explicitly satanic/occult stuff or whatever (looks like, you know, it's art). Mylene also became an icon for all the libertine clubs (partner swapping), bondage, fetish or transsexual "scene". One of her most recent singles, "Sextonic" is also the name of a sex toy she sells online.

Mylene's videos have predominantly been made by Laurent Boutonnat


In Mylene’s videos or shows, he frequently uses occult

http://www.pseudoccultmedia.net/2010...nch-touch.html

In France in the 1600’s, when Perrault wrote his version, titled "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge," a chaperon was worn by women of aristocracy and middle class. Thus for a village girl like Little Red Riding Hood to wear a "red chaperon" made her a nonconformist. Clothing codes were strictly enforced during Perrault’s time. Thus the wearing of the red cap is one way that Perrault sets up Little Red Riding Hood as not doing what one should. It also contributes to why she is punished in the end.

The Glutton
According to the Aarne-Thompson, The Types of the Folktale, Little Red Riding Hood has been classified as type #333. This type is described by "the wolf devours human beings until all of them are rescued alive from his belly."

The Seduction and Rape
According to Jack Zipes, the eating of Little Red Riding Hood is a sexual act, symbolizing the uncontrollable appetite or chaos of nature.

Little Red Riding Hood lays the grounds for her own seduction and rape. She wears a red cap and she stops to listen to a stranger, the wolf. Her "dallying" of picking flowers, or her undisciplined ways, lead her to where the wolf is waiting. Because of her acts she is responsible for her own rape.

Little Red Riding Hood wants to break from the moral restraints of her society to enjoy her own sensuality (inner nature) and nature's pleasures (outer nature). [31] Where order and discipline reign young girls will be safe from both their inner sexual drives and outer natural forces. Where inner and outer nature are out of control chaos and destruction reign. For this indulgence in sensuality, more specifically - sexual pleasure, and her disobedience, she must be punished.

http://people.virginia.edu/~sah/lrrh/notes.html