Video Clips 
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Cycle of Genres

These, of course, are open to debate, depending on your definitions

Primitive: Robin Hood (1912)

Classical: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Revisionist: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Parodic: Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

If clip 1 does not convince you that this is a parody, then clip 2 will.

          Consider: 

Even though Vivian initially appears to be lacking in class and couth and wealth, her fairy godmother (or godfather, in this case) helps her to look better and make it to the ball (or opera)--where her true worth is ascertained--and to overcome her evil stepsisters, so that eventually the rich prince rescues her from poverty (and the bad guy).

The film plays with a Romeo and Juliet motif, as well, as balcony scenes, Shakespeare's visual symbol of true love, proliferate: clip 1, clip 2, clip 3.