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I think what's liked about Pippi is her independence and how she believes she can do almost anything, without it becoming a cliché. It's a fine line. I remember
by matsemann 6y ago
I think what's liked about Pippi is her independence and how she believes she can do almost anything, without it becoming a cliché. It's a fine line. I remember Artemis Fowl for instance (when I was a bit older) became too much for me.
- nobody9999 6y ago>I think what's liked about Pippi is her independence and how she believes she can do almost anything Absolutely. I read Pippi as a child (in English) and always thought she was wonderful. Amusingly, a friend and I both came to the conclusion that Lizbeth Salander[0] was Pippi all grown up. I wonder if Stieg Larsson had Pippi in mind? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbeth_Salander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbeth_Salander [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieg_Larsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieg_Larsson Addendum: I found Larsson's Salander novels to be quite good, and thought the Swedish TV movies (with Noomi Rapace) were pretty faithful to the novels. I didn't bother with the American version, as American movies are mostly crap (then again, Sturgeon's Law[2] applies everywhere) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
- oriolid 6y agoI don't have a source at hand, but I remember reading an interview where Stieg Larsson confirmed both influence of Pippi and that Mikael Blomkvist was inspired by and named after Astrid Lindgren's character Kalle Blomkvist (translated to English as Bill Bergson).