Wonder(land)ing
After watching Disney's Alice in Wonderland for the first time in many many years last night, I have come to the conclusion that it is All About Narcotic Substances. Here is some proof:
Firstly, the whole movie is completely trippy. The original book is completely trippy. Talking flowers, walking cards, floating down a wide cavern with trippy walls, a white rabbit in a waistcoat, a cat that disappears, "wonderland"...I mean, come on.
Alice eats magic mushrooms.
The blue caterpillar is smoking up, and the clouds of smoke look suspiciously like shisha. This is demonstrated by his deteriorating memory (he keeps asking Alice "who are you?" repeatedly) and a very short attention span.
The Mad Hatter and the March Hare are alcoholics. "Tea"? I don't think so. Also, the mouse is so obviously inebriated. Also, when Alice walks in, the table is absolutely covered in smoke. Steam? I don't think so.
The flowers in the garden actually call Alice a "weed". An innocent coincidence? I think not!
The Cheshire Cat says that "we're all mad here", indicating that Wonderland will MAEK YUO MAD!!11!11! i.e. with drugs.
Alice takes all kinds of substances that do strange things to her, e.g. the little box of candy that says "eat me", the little bottle that says "drink me". The little labels are (obviously) physical manifestations of temptation to do narcotics, and the little door that tells her to eat/drink the stuff is the physical representation of peer pressure.
The catchphrase of the whole movie is "Curioser and curioser", and according to the New York Times, curiosity is what accounts for 75% of first-time drug users.
And I'm sure there are lots more, but I'm off for dinner. Happy birthday to Natasha and to Peter, I had a fabulous time :)