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kaigouJoel Chandler Harris' home is in Atlanta, and I just came across some of the storytellers who tell the various Brer stories -- because there's not just Brer Rabbit, there's Brer Coon, and Brer Vulture, and Brer Lion, even. I have no idea whether we actually saw a storyteller at The Wren's Nest, though I thought it had been at the High Museum. And all of the storytellers are much too young to have been the one I saw, but if you imagine a deeper voiced Akbar Imhotep, then you'd be getting close. His accent's a little softer, but still.
To hear the story of how Brer Coon gets his meat, click on the first link on this page from the Wren's Nest site (audio only). There are some clips from several of the other storytellers, as well. (I also recommend swinging by the biographies for the staff.) Then scroll down to the bottom of the storyteller's page and listen to Woodie Person's telling about the time Brer Gator Meets Trouble. It's a classic, and one more example of how each of the critters in the various stories have their own personalities. (Me, I like Brer Gator. Not as much as Brer Rabbit, but very close.)
They've started doing videos of some of the stories being retold. Click here for Mr. Imhotep retelling Brer Terrapin Learns to Fly or go here for Curtis Richardson retelling Brer Lion Meets Mr. Man. I have no earthly idea why the youtube embedding isn't working.
If you're wondering, Mr. Imhotep speaks with the Georgia accent I heard for most of my childhood. Listening to him talk is like a short visit back home.
To hear the story of how Brer Coon gets his meat, click on the first link on this page from the Wren's Nest site (audio only). There are some clips from several of the other storytellers, as well. (I also recommend swinging by the biographies for the staff.) Then scroll down to the bottom of the storyteller's page and listen to Woodie Person's telling about the time Brer Gator Meets Trouble. It's a classic, and one more example of how each of the critters in the various stories have their own personalities. (Me, I like Brer Gator. Not as much as Brer Rabbit, but very close.)
They've started doing videos of some of the stories being retold. Click here for Mr. Imhotep retelling Brer Terrapin Learns to Fly or go here for Curtis Richardson retelling Brer Lion Meets Mr. Man. I have no earthly idea why the youtube embedding isn't working.
If you're wondering, Mr. Imhotep speaks with the Georgia accent I heard for most of my childhood. Listening to him talk is like a short visit back home.
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Date: 24 Feb 2011 03:47 am (UTC)http://www.theonion.com/articles/devious-rabbit-tricks-bush-into-signing-gun-ban,1189/
Well, that and the Uncle Remus stories, which we had in a book that I think was a tie-in with Song of the South. It's what the cover looked like, anyway.
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Date: 25 Feb 2011 12:55 am (UTC)I've never seen Song of the South, though I didn't have any clue/idea why my mother turned her nose up at it, along with all the other Disney movies. It didn't have a princess in it, I remember complaining (we saw no someday-prince-will-come movies in our house), but Mom didn't budge.
I never bothered to read the original until after we'd seen the storyteller. Even then, I only read the chapters that referred to Brer Rabbit, and skipped everything else. I didn't even realize until very recently that there was even a framing story (of Remus telling the stories to Little White Master). Selective attention of a kid, I suppose! We could fast-forward even before there were fast-forward buttons.