I didn't know what to make of the Clos de Lupin in Étretat. I felt like the works had been commercialized overwhelmingly, and this museum, obviously made for kids, was an example.
But I still enjoyed it.
Like the stories themselves, the museum is a bit tacky. There are copies of paintings on the walls, props and disguises littered around, and audio conversations between Maurice Leblanc and his creation, the latter played by Georges Descriéres.
There are also strange details in the museum. Copies of works by Honoré de Balzac, sheet music of Chopin's Tristesse and a programme of the operetta The White Horse Inn. What did all of these say about Arsène's cultural tastes?
Why were there photos from Japan? Were they linked to his judo training?
Why was one ring shown in an illustration the shape of a quatrefoil?
Did it matter? Yes, but I was found.
It all felt artificial, but it also felt like some kind of Ahtohallan for autistic women.
There were answers around me when I didn't even know the right questions, but I felt strangely at home in some rooms.
And furthermore, while 'Frozen 2' is just fairytale lore with very loose basis in Norse mythology or symbolism, these stories are connected to real-life people and events. People from Rollo to Marie Antoinette to Napoleon to Kaiser Wilhelm.
Like I said in the post about 'Frozen 2', it made me feel like I was a part of something bigger.
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