I feel like maybe he wanted the valor of both Mei (in attempting to bring the corn to her mother) and Satsuki (in going out to find Mei) to be valor on a level that every child can identify with--can have experienced personally. ... I mean, every kid can also imagine fighting dragons to bring a magical remedy, and as a kid I loved those sorts of adventures, but it wasn't something I'd actually *done*. Whereas I remember leading my grandmother on a long walk from our house to the shopping plaza when I was four years old. It was a long journey--I was so proud of myself for being (so I thought) in charge of getting us there. I like that in the story Miyazaki is telling, there is magic, but the courage and human acts are totally in line with what's possible in the real world.
But maybe that aspect is less engaging when translated to the stage?
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I feel like maybe he wanted the valor of both Mei (in attempting to bring the corn to her mother) and Satsuki (in going out to find Mei) to be valor on a level that every child can identify with--can have experienced personally. ... I mean, every kid can also imagine fighting dragons to bring a magical remedy, and as a kid I loved those sorts of adventures, but it wasn't something I'd actually *done*. Whereas I remember leading my grandmother on a long walk from our house to the shopping plaza when I was four years old. It was a long journey--I was so proud of myself for being (so I thought) in charge of getting us there. I like that in the story Miyazaki is telling, there is magic, but the courage and human acts are totally in line with what's possible in the real world.
But maybe that aspect is less engaging when translated to the stage?