And despite being billed as a movie for younger viewers, it’s beloved by many adults even today.
Clearly an impression has been made.
At the start of the film, Sarahour heroinelives with her loving father and wicked stepmother.
She’s a precocious girl who finds solace in toys and books, which some may consider childish.
Sexual innuendos abound
The sexual innuendo and symbolism inLabyrinthispretty blatantif you have your eye out for it.
In fact, phalluses are everywhere.
There’s the obvious case of Jareth’s aforementioned pants, for one.
And he’s either playing with ahandful of crystal ballsorwielding a scepterthroughout the film.
Even Hoggle has his junk out when he and Sarah meet, as he’s urinating into a pond.
What does it all mean?
Sarah finds that doors are not where they appear to beand where theyshouldbe, they’re missing.
And Jareth represents the looming possibility of sex, with his imposing stature and intimidating bulge.
If only all of our subconscious minds were so interesting.
She says so in their only conversation together in the film.
In fact,it flopped.
It’s evidenced by the fact that her vanity table is a veritable David Bowie shrine.
There’s the aforementioned stature of Jareth, as well as several pictures of him stuck to her mirror.
However, Hoggle is problematic for our heroine.
At the end of the day, Hoggle’s all about Hoggle, and no one else.
That said, some of the lyrical content doesn’t always promote best practices.
Countless experts wouldadvise againstthat practice.
But Hoggle isn’t here for any of that.
Hoggle isn’t here for capitalism either, as he treasures that plastic like it’s diamonds and pearls.
Fortunately he gets it back, and can resume his own personal jewelry curation.
It fails the Bechdel Test
TechnicallyLabyrinthfails theBechdel Test.
), albeit mostly non-human.
But in spite of this,Labyrinthhas a lot going for it insofar as feminism is concerned.
For one, the protagonist is female, and her character is multi-dimensional and developed.
WithoutLabyrinth, would we haveThe Craftor Buffy?
This breaks the spell and sends Sarah back to her world, baby brother in tow.
Sarah got hers in the end.
