A few months back,
my friend Katrine and her friend got into a big
discussion about MM which gets at its central theme of dreams and responsibility. When Helena objects to performing yet again, her mom, Joanne, tries to coerce her into participating by saying, "You know your father keeps this circus running on peanuts. It's his dream." Later, in the Light Lands, when speaking to the Prime Minister, Helena states, "It's my dream. I'll find the Mirror Mask." [Or something to that effect.] Further on in the movie, Helena talks to Joanne, who sees Valentine in the background and says, "Hullo, did I dream you a boyfriend?" So we have three dreams competing for supremacy here: Morris', Joanne's and Helena's. Whose dream is MM? Thanks to mysterious LJ user
lupa for the thoughts about Helena as child laborer.
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