Karin Nyman tells Richard Orange of her hopes that a new film and musical will lead another generation of readers to her mother’s subversive heroine
She heaves a circus strongman above her head and tosses policemen into bushes, vanquishes hapless burglars and wrongfoots the uptight, bourgeois woman who wants her put into a children’s home. Yet Pippi Longstocking, the girl with the freckles and protruding pigtails, has not yet won a place on every British child’s bedside table.
When the first book was published, two months after the end of the second world war, the reason was obvious, believes Karin Nyman, daughter of the character’s creator, Astrid Lindgren. “A country which has got Alice in Wonderland, and which has got Winnie the Pooh, and other stories, they didn’t need Pippi Longstocking,” she says.
She heaves a circus strongman above her head and tosses policemen into bushes, vanquishes hapless burglars and wrongfoots the uptight, bourgeois woman who wants her put into a children’s home. Yet Pippi Longstocking, the girl with the freckles and protruding pigtails, has not yet won a place on every British child’s bedside table.
When the first book was published, two months after the end of the second world war, the reason was obvious, believes Karin Nyman, daughter of the character’s creator, Astrid Lindgren. “A country which has got Alice in Wonderland, and which has got Winnie the Pooh, and other stories, they didn’t need Pippi Longstocking,” she says.
- 1/11/2020
- by Richard Orange
- The Guardian - Film News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.