Strangely though, I have never questioned Jareth’s story. Why was he the Goblin King? There are plenty of other questions such as why is he not a goblin and man how did David Bowie get so hot but we will save those questions for another time. These questions came to light when I started reading the graphic novel of Labyrinth. See it isn’t actually the story seen in the film that we all know and love. It is actually an origins story and it is a damn interesting one too. I have seen this posted several times. I just adore it. I am keeping it for myself here. Hope you enjoy as much as I do.

Cuarón has alternated grownup films with kids’ fare, helming what many consider the best of the Potter films, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban—and was J.K. Rowling’s top choice for a director. Rowling writes in a lineage seemingly straight from Henson with her child characters in constant, magical peril, battling multi-headed dogs and basilisks, Death Eaters, and the soul-split, snake-faced Voldemort. While still very young, her characters learn of the worst that can happen; they experience it themselves. It’s fitting then, that Rowling, whose Harry Potter novels are the best-selling book series in history, won the inaugural Henson Award in 2005 for “reflect[ing] the core values and philosophy of Jim Henson and the company he founded.” Smith, A. C. H. (1986). Labyrinth: A Novel Based On The Jim Henson Film. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-03-007322-9. Jareth’s guises as a barn owl and a plague doctor are death symbols. There's also a body of water that everyone fears, a guard canine, and a group of feathery creatures who frequent deserted woodlands and rip people to shreds--"Fireys" even sounds like "Furies." The masquerade dancers suggest that Jareth's people are out there somewhere, but he reigns exiled here, in a land of perpetual autumn. The Minoans gave Persephone the epithet Potnia, "Mistress of the Labyrinth." Knight, Rosie (February 27, 2018). "New LABYRINTH Comic's Creators Talk the Origin Story of the Goblin King". Nerdist.com. Nerdist Industries. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019 . Retrieved May 19, 2019.

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Marlowe, Jon (June 27, 1986). "Bowie's trapped in Labyrinth". The Miami News. p.2C. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020 . Retrieved August 14, 2020– via Newspapers.com. Labyrinth has become a cult film. [100] Brian Henson remembered his father Jim Henson as being aware that Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal both had cult followings by the time of his death in 1990, saying that "he was able to see all that and know that it was appreciated". [101] Academic Andrea Wright wrote that Labyrinth has managed to maintain audience popularity long after its initial release to a greater extent than The Dark Crystal. [56] Since 1997, an annual two-day event called the " Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball", in which revelers attend dressed in costumes inspired by the film, has been held in various locations, including San Diego, Hollywood, and Los Angeles. [102] Labyrinth has developed a significant internet fan following since the early 1990s, and, as of 2021, FanFiction.Net hosts more than 10,000 stories in its Labyrinth section. [103] [104] Radish, Christina (September 14, 2021). "Brian Henson on 'Labyrinth' 35th Anniversary, How the 4K Release Has Never Looked Better, and His Father's Legacy". Collider. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021 . Retrieved October 8, 2021. I have The Lost Boys movie novelization and it's one of the most skeletal, sterile books I own and the only reason I own it is because it's Lost Boys. The author claims that he was basically given the script and told to turn it into a book. He didn't have any insight into the characters, nothing, so he had to work with what he was given. I haven't read any of his other books but, really, that writing doesn't make me want to, either. She felt everything that used to be so very important to her weighing her down. She began to realize that it was all just junk, that the room that she treasured had become her jail and that she was missing out on the things that truly mattered in life.

Thomas, Helen Meriel (September 26, 2016). "David Bowie was urinated on by baby co-star whilst filming 'Labyrinth' ". NME. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019 . Retrieved April 18, 2020. Brian Froud says that Labyrinth was first discussed between himself and director Jim Henson. [12] Both agreed to work on another project together, and Froud suggested that the film should feature goblins. On the same journey, Froud "pictured a baby surrounded by goblins" and this strong visual image, along with Froud's insight that goblins traditionally steal babies, provided the basis for the film's plot. [17]The insertion of dialogue and/or non-musical scenes to replace sequences that featured Bowie's songs in the film. The scene that replaces the Magic Dance sequence includes a passage describing Jareth's ennui and general dissatisfaction with his position as Goblin King. The ballroom scene in the novelization has Jareth attempt to kiss Sarah, who is said to be "suffused by disgust" by the other dancers and wrenches herself away from him. Henson intended the protagonist of the film, at different stages of its development, as a king whose baby had been put under an enchantment, a princess from a fantasy world, and a young girl from Victorian England. They made the lead a teenage girl from contemporary America to make the film more commercial. Henson noted that he wished to "make the idea of taking responsibility for one's life, which is one of the neat realisations a teenager experiences, a central thought of the film". [17] This kind of heavy view of childhood had been distant in kids’ films from the 1970s, the era of The Bad News Bears and the Herbie series, The Shaggy DA, and Mountain Family Robinson. Children’s movies were largely saccharine and low stakes, a trend that continued in the early ’80s with movies like Popeye, Annie, and Heidi’s Song. a b c d Darnton, Nina (June 27, 1986). "Screen: Jim Henson's 'Labyrinth' ". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 . Retrieved January 21, 2012.