http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/05/02/the-once-and-future-king/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/05/02/the-once-and-future-king/#comment-14448 Rivka Jacobs Sat, 02 May 2009 17:16:43 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1917#comment-14448 A serious twist there at the end! I didn't see it coming, and then I thought of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and then I realized the story was more blunt and cynical. A "second-coming" story, sharp and short, regarding: if a society has degenerated so badly that it needs the return of a mythic hero or messiah, then how will it recognize its savior when he/she comes? A serious twist there at the end! I didn’t see it coming, and then I thought of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and then I realized the story was more blunt and cynical. A “second-coming” story, sharp and short, regarding: if a society has degenerated so badly that it needs the return of a mythic hero or messiah, then how will it recognize its savior when he/she comes?

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