I'm always a little bit nervous when a television drama tries to teach its audience a moral. I don't know, it's rare for a TV show to remain loyal to its exciting storyline while also sharing a good message. In this episode's case, I found the if-you-can-believe-it-you-can-achieve-it message hard to swallow...because it really didn't seem too moral to me! At the end of the episode I didn't feel enlightened or inspired--I kinda felt motivated to rob a bank or something.
Basically, the episode was about a grumpy man (Grumpy the dwarf, if you must know) whose pessimistic attitude, according to the other characters, was to blame for his unsatisfactory life. The grouch was told that he could attain anything he hoped for--no dream was beyond his grasp. Well, in this case his dream was to impress a young woman by successfully selling 1,000 candles. Unfortunately, he had little success after pursuing multiple advertising routes. Determined to sell his candles--and ultimately attain his dream--the man, through vandalism, caused a city-wide power outage so that people were forced to buy his candles. The episode ended with Grumpy wooing the girl, and receiving approval from his friends. A true happy ending, teaching us that we can achieve anything we desire--as long as we stoop to criminal levels.
while i do agree that it is highly immoral to sell that theme with that story it paints a really good picture of the real world of selling things people don't need. if you have a product and create a need for it your rich. sad but true.
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