In to the woods

... When a witch (the same who holds Rapunzel prisoner in her tower) tells the couple she can bring an end to the curse of infertility that hunted them, they venture into the woods in search of the four ingredients she demands: a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, a slipper as bright as gold and hair as yellow as corn. Though "Into the Woods" is song-heavy, its true value lies more in the acting than the singing. ... Like the baker and his wife, the others have all gone into the woods to search for something, though for some it is in a much more accidental or abstract sense. ... If there is a lesson in "Into the Woods," it is that happily ever after can get boring and that half of what makes Prince Charming so charming is his unreachability.

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