Hansel and Gretel (Britannica) - Phelous
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- čas přidán 11. 03. 2021
- It's the other half of Tangled Up with those little brats Hansel and Gretel! Britannica also gives us the story of The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister, from Syria, and Pedro and the Witch, from the Philippines.
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Drowning the monsters makes more sense than burning them, because it made them wet and therefore completely useless.
But you can't dance in the flames of a drowning.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
....now
HEEEEEEE!
It honestly kind of irritates me Britannica decided to have Hansel help Gretel help push the witch into the oven. One of the most interesting aspects of the original Grimm fairy tale was that Hansel was set up to be the main protagonist: He is Gretel's reassuring (probably older) brother who comes up with the initial plans which save them. But then he's suddenly taken out of the game by being caged. Gretel is the one who ultimately saves them both. She is the one who comes up with the plan to push the witch into the oven. Hansel had jack-shit to do with it.
Oh yeah 🤔
I know, right?
*sight*
To be... Kinda fair, she DID rescued him from the cage, was smart enough to trick the with in the act (the dumbness of the witch also helped) and that helped saving their asses here. Still, interesting take ln the book
Maybe they thought that both siblings should kill the witch at the end, cause both pretty much moved the story along and killing the witch was the biggest move of all
Working together is for suckas.
@@ClaudetteVioletta hmmmm ok good point 😅
I instantly got "Gentleman" vibes from the Hansel and Gretel dad.
"Hansel and Gretel can die in my place" shirts coming soon?
Well with gentleman he was a dumbass being tricked by his new wife. Here the husband is worse cause the wife explained her plan to abandon the kids and then just left the kids with her.
The Dad seems to be better, as he's less of an idiot, and more of a pushover, also, he's glad to see the kids after the witch is defeated.
Golly gosh my word!
Old Man: "Oh. A Gingerbread House filled with candy. It looks like I've been expected."
"The bed was done. Looks like I was expected to spend the night here, too. Heeeeeeeeeeeee~"
If that had been the case, the witch would have been conspicuously absent by the time he finished.
Ah, it is my ancient enemy, diabeetus.
Those monsters got all wet, they're completely useless now
And as soon as the witch tries to eat Old Man, he turns the tables and says, "Ooh! A delicious witch." Then he finds the witch's treasures and takes them home.
Fun fact: In some versions of the story, the witch and the stepmother were one and the same, or linked in some way, as the step mother dies as soon as the witch does.
Yeah that is implied that the reason she mysteriously died was because she was the witch.
That makes a lot more sense.
Yeah, that's the version I like the best. It ties everything together nicely and explains why the stepmother will randomly disappear.
It also would explain why the father was willing to go along with abandoning them because the witch placed him under a spell. Which would make his apparent sorrow at having to leave his kids, who he loves in the woods, and being overjoyed when they returned safely make more sense, the spell might be influencing his actions, but not his emotions.
I do NOT think that makes a lot of sense, actually. If the stepmother and the witch are the one and the same, why would she not enact Operation: Candy House Trap on the first go, when Hansel and Gretel drop pebbles? And how would she know _exactly_ where Hansel and Gretel would wander off to when the two got lost after their breadcrumbs get eaten, and place a candy house on their way?
@@gracekelley2907 Oh wow, that sounds really freaking cool! :D
Gretel: "Hansel are you crying? Stop it"
Damn the girls are cut throat in this story.
"Just shut up and eat, fatty!"
I don’t even know why they put that in. Was that supposed to be a joke or something
She literally just seconds ago suggested the children be abandoned to die, and dude thinks it's fine to leave them with her as he goes to a plot convenience seminar.
"Load-bearing witch" is a new favorite phrase for me. Now to find a way to weave it into regular conversation.
That's why they were often dunked in rivers to see if they would float - only the wooden ones were used in construction!
Load-Bearing Witch would also make a good name for a early-2010s indie pop band
Glad I'm not the only one who compared the father in Hansel and Gretel with the "Gentleman" of Cinderella for being more useless than a waterlogged crate of tea.
The husband in the second story really deserved to be eaten. He was pretty abusive and seemed to be more like the story’s villain than the ogre.
You know all those stories that are fairytales retold from the villain’s point of view? I feel like you could easily tell this as a cursed woman using her monster powers to kill abusive husbands.
@@nomisunrider6472 That would be really interesting.
The ogre was doing her a favor
@@nomisunrider6472 Queen
He deserved it
If Phelous and Allison have kids, they’ll grow up with a very “interesting” collection of DVDs to watch growing up.
I couldn't help but laugh when the witch threw Gretal in the oven and started singing a cheery song about children's stew. Talk about mood whiplash.
Ah, if it isn't my two favourite children, Phelous.
"I couldn't be in more pain. Ouuuh !"
That's exactly what a person being burnt alive would say.
The Woodcutter and Daddy "Gentleman" from Cinderella really needed some couples counseling.
Also, one should read the Walt Kelly depiction of this in the Fairy Tale Parade comic. It has the stepmother dying to a pack of wolves after she herself gets lost in the woods after leaving Hansel and Gretel out in the woods a second time. Good stuff.
Good old karmic retribution strikes again.
@@morganyoung3557 I wish that was depicted in this adaptation.
That last story didn't really utilize the nature of its characters very well. Pedro is established as agoraphobic and afraid of monsters to the extent that he can't open the front door...and then immediately opens the door. Despite being afraid of monsters, he's...Not afraid of the monster. He's also easily able to overpower the witch and push her out of her nest, and is able to outrun a bunch of flying monsters despite seemingly having spent his entire life either indoors or trapped in the monster's nest. I don't think Pedro ever had too much to worry about, considering how powerful he is.
"I'm two children?" I don't know why, but that is absolutely killing me right now. Bless you, sir.
6:58
Witch: I can't see very well.
Phelous: I guess that explains that outfit.
Phelous loves burning witches.
😜OOOOooooooh!
Best burn ever!
How dare you with that pun XD
>"He's not coming, is he?"
Dude...Pat's dead, the accident wasn't your fault, you gotta let him go.
Wait what happened?
@@gracekim25 According to Wikipedia, he died from kidney failure in 2005.
Guess Pat will not come himself.
@@AvyoNevozLebndro aw😔
Hansel & Gretel’s dad is almost as much of a GOOD and KIND GENTLEMAN as Cinderella’s dad.
Yeah, what is it about fairy tales that makes dads and step-moms such shitty people?
Even so, he seems a little bit better than him.
Fun fact : Cinderella's dad before Walt Disney's animated movie in 1950 in all the written version of the story including Perault's was a gullible idiot that the stepmother has wrapped around her little finger. His death appeared for the first time in the 1950's animated movie.
When I grew up, most people just skipped the part of the parents getting rid of the children. They just kinda start being lost in the forest.
In the Disney adaptation, "Babes in the Woods", from 1932 it literally just opens with Hansel and Gretal lost in the woods. I guess these kids just have a really bad sense of direction.
Evil stepmother reminds me of Mrs Mavilda.
Now this explains why she runs an orphanage even if she hated kids
The Narrator for this story also suspiciously sounds like the Narrator from the Christmas Tree
Oh yeah!
The princess wasn't anyone's sister. She was a MONsister!
👏👏👏
Would be better if they kept her as an ogre like the original story. THOSE have layers.
I was thinking that, too.
The first cartoon’s twist on the oven part caught me off guard.
The witch just throws her in the oven and slams the door so quickly, I was in disbelief. 😂
Witch: These brats are literally eating me out of house and home.
Is she John from those Garfielf videos?
@@malevores no she's her sister. But she actually isn't. SHE'S AN OGRE!!!!
Gasp!
There is another version that I've read where there is no step mother. And that the reason for Hansel snd Gretel when into the woods is because Gretel had accidentally spilt the last of the milk. And feeling ashamed of this, Hansel and Gretel decide to head off into the woods to try and find a shop or a farm in order to try and buy some more milk. The rest of the story is the same. Except for the ending where after they killed the witch and the gingerbread house is destroyed, they come across a large chest filled with gold and valuable jewellery. Which they take back to their home.
That sound more like the version I know, where Hansel and Gretel decide by themselves to go away in order to find food for the family, and where the chest is filled with all the gold and jewels that were brought by the other victims of the witch. Phelous' version is too much like Hop-O-My-Thumb, at least until the kids find the witch's house.
What's weird is that this version has both an evil stepmother and a witch trying to kill them, it just has them leaving one horrible situation for another, and still with no home at the end.
This reminds me of Vasilisa The Beautiful, where a girl is sent out to fetch fire by her stepmother and encounters Baba Yaga in the woods.
There's other version (which I grew up with) where the parents send them SADLY to the forest for the lack of food. Then, the witch part happens
Apparently after they came back, there's no problem with food. I guess
I see you had a great childhood as well ;D
*Hansel, Hazel is a girl's name.
More Britannica cartoons, Wabuu, AND Baltard?!
Best day ever.
"I don't believe in witches."
Yeah, that's how they're gonna getcha!
The sudden cut straight to "I'm two children?" and directly back to the video cracked me up.
The last story was somewhat similar to the Japanese folktale "Urikohime, The Melon Girl/Princess."
Which had the title character left alone in her house while her parents were gone & was promised to never answer the door from anyone who isn't them....until a demon tricked her into opening the door for it, ate her, and wears her skin & clothes to trick everyone....
It's messed up, yes, but had a good lesson for kids to never open the door for strangers.
Pat Morita: He's got 99 problems, and a witch ain't one!
Sorry about the mispronunciation of bruja. It just slipped my mind that it should have been said "bruHA".
Thats allright
I love the purple lighten
It’s okay.
Brew Ha! That should be a funny play on word!
Didn't mean to start a whole brouhaha over it
Who else agrees Phelan is the best!
Who doesn't agree?
He’s fantastic, never panic!
As a matter of fact _…he isn't!_
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@@homecruz7743 I disagree
...said no one ever :p
okay, i love the story where the guy dies for not listening to his wife.
Woodcutter vs Mileena.
Also I love the detail in the original story where he tells to ogre to take his ears next...after having all his limbs ripped off. It's like an HP Lovecraft story where the narrator ends by explaining how the unfathomable horror is devouring him.
It's a tale as old as time, basically a warning about the "you have won 100000$" nigerian scams... just with a man-eating monster sister.
Should have been made into a Tales from the Crypt/ Vault of Horror/ Haunt of Fear anthology story =)
@@benjaminryder770 Serious question, was there an actual Lovecraft story that ended that way?
Closest I can think of is Dagon, where he's writing "The window! The window!" in a panic before abruptly ending. It might seem a little silly, but it's about akin to having a breakdown over text. And, well, who would react rationally in the face of a fishman attack?
Do you believe in witches?
No.
Well, anyway, we're going to read stories on witches.
What about witches that control towns in a sitcom format? Aren't they real?
@@wstine79 what about button eyed witch spiders that create perfect worlds for their victims to be trapped in?
@@Sarahonwheels and what about a witch who runs a bisnis as the bisnis partner of Belzebub himself.
So the moral in all of these stories is to never leave your house? Sounds like a good thing to watch during a pandemic.
One of the few times in children media where the Step-mother isn’t evil I know of is from Rugrats of all places.
Kira was the best.
Phineas & Ferb has a stepfather and stepmother
@@almightycinder Oh yeah I forgot they were step-siblings.
And Enchanted (well towards the end)
Disenchantment also has a stepmother that isn't evil and it even calls out the trope.
I read a version where the Dad was the villain and the kids didn't realize it wasn't the mother who made the suggestion and brought back riches to the father and he welcomed them back and kicked the mother out. He was such a douche and yet he got a happy ending in that version and I didn't understand why. I have read many different versions of the tale but that one was the most ridiculous.
Ah, the good old days when terrible people just abandoned their kids in the forest for fairies or beasts to come take. Nowadays stepmom'd be all over the headlines with how horribly she mangled their corpses.
Phelous is two children in disguise? That explains how is able get some much video content completed.
So, is he dating Princess Carolyn?
@@julioagua I get it🤣
They are standing on each others shoulders.
@@julioagua thank you for making the reference. Do you think Phelous knows about Bojack?
@@gracekim25 Let's hope so!!!
What I love about fairy tales is how they reflect the realities of human lives over history, especially the difficult, scary, and taboo parts of it. Children being seen as another mouths to feed during famine, shown from that child's perspective, even the motif of an evil stepmother wanting to get rid of previous wife's offspring - I'm not saying it happened commonly, I'm saying it could be relatable to the listeners as a very dark scenario of a familiar situation. Definitely same with a stupid husband who refuses to listen to reason, and the wife living in growing suspense until she has to take care of herself and her children on her own... Like, you can see how that's a human emotion. Love that about storytelling in general.
The thing about stepmothers is that back then, they had no claim on their husband's fortune if there were children from a previous marriage. That's why so many are shown to be scheming and want children from the dead wife gone.
Considering Pat Morita died in 2005, it's safe to assume that he's not coming. Anyway, I'll give these Britannica videos this, regardless of their interpretations, it's interesting to hear similar stories of well known tales from around the world.
I will give the show this, adapting and learning about Fairytales a lot of people wouldn't know about is really cool.
That's what I like about Phelous so much, when compared to a lot of the "angry reviewer" types. Sure, he'll make jokes about things and point out odd flaws in something's logic, but at the end of the day it's all in good fun, it helps get a lot of lesser-known stuff some exposure, and he's clearly really interested in what he's talking about.
I like that part, and I like how Phelous looks up the original stories
Out of the main studios Phelous sees (Bevenfield, Burbank, Dingo, GoodTimes, Jetlag, Golden Films, Brittanica) Brittanica is the most interesting, cool, funny, and the most decent in general, they are not that much of a rip-off, they are just teaching kids 'bout other cultures
It may not be the Wrong Turn reboot, but Phelous is still reviewing a production involving dumb cannibals.
I do hope he reviews the stupid reboot too. I mean, escaped Fallout Vault rejects turned crazy religious nutjobs? Even Three-Fingers would be ashamed.
I actually wanna see Phelous review that one. He did it with Cabin Fever remake so why not that one too! =)
@@JW666 Dingo Picture's Wrong Turn
@@TheMellowFilmmaker YES! =D Phelous, make that happen! =D
Well, April Fool’s is just around the corner
sleeping beauty and Cinderella britannica's tales around the world are the only ones left for phelan to review
Unless we gotta get those Aesop stories + how elephants got their trunks, but I guess that's only available on DVD and thus features no Pat Morita.
@@ArendAlphaEagle Apparently they weren't originally part of the same series, they were instead stop-motion short films from I think Ray Harryhausen.
He's done Cinderella now, so there's only one more left...
@@xFlareLeon yay
With the ogress, ogre is probably a term for jinn, with evil jinn being demonic, hence the fake sister-ogress being a demonic being.
Given her cat-like face, and considering this was originally an indian tale, she is more likely to be a rakshasa. I dunno where the whole "ogre" stuff even comes from if this was syrian, ogres are a european myth.
What I love most about this Britannica videos is you mentioning the original tale and the changes it had over the years
It's kinda weird how Hansel and Gretel both looked like a badly drawn Tommy Pickles
@Mullerornis True, but Birtanica's version is like.....triple triple worse lol
I always just assumed it was a bone from something she'd given Hansel to eat earlier, like a chicken leg or something.
I think that’s exactly what it was
I like the concept of this series teaching kids about fairy tales from all around the world, especially considering most of us grew up with Grimm's fairy tales but fairy tales from other cultures were completely unknown to us (unless we happened to be part of that culture, anyway). I just wish the execution were a lot better...
As a Wiccan, Pat’s intro to the VHS made me 😢
Man the stepmom in Hansell and Gretel could have told the dad to starve the kids in the house or something, she just tells him right in front of the kids so now they know their fate.
2:10 "Because step parents are always evil."
You know, I know it depends on the step parent, but sadly enough my wife grew up with a step mother who literally told her not to call her mother and treated her as if she wasn't even a part of the family. She even told her younger half-brother that they were not even siblings and to not call her sister. He's grown up now and knows better of course, but I felt that was pretty cruel, especially since she would often take advantage of her too. My wife never got to grow up with a proper mother, and her father hasn't treated them all that great either. (I mean, he thinks I'm a scrub, for one, even though my parents treat her way better.)
hope your wife is better now!
RIP Hero Cow. Never forget.
The Ogre should have fought a donkey instead.
SomeBODY once told the world was going to roll me.....
@@Tareltonlives I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed...
(Btw happy almost twenty year anniversary for the ogre himself)
ALRIGHT MORE PAT MORITA
The Matrix Gives Everything a green tint.
Pat Morita word makes everything purple.
Fun fact, in its original theatrical release Matrix didn't look so green, the release closest if not identical to the original's colors in home video is the newer 4K release where they color corrected the movie to look less greenish.
In a similar story I heard, the brother character has an animal with him (a horse in the version I know, but I guess a cow or a camel works too), that he tries to flee on, but before he has the chance, the monster sister eats one of its limbs off, asking him each time how many limbs it has on her return.
"4? Oh that's weird, bc I'm just back from the stable and only saw 3"
So he knows that he can't escape anymore and has to stay with the monster, while she slowly eats the animal, asking him how many limbs it has each time.
So he has to wait, realizing she will eat him just as slowly and painfully once he is done.
So my guess is that both the hero cow and the weird ending from Phelous' story originally went similar to this, but got the details mixed up somewhere along the way.
Either that or Britannica decided to cut out the gruesome parts of the hero cow subplot.
(And speaking of weird endings in the version I know the brother eventually turns into the moon w the sister eating him bit by bit each month and his wife then slowly bringing him back to life. So that's... some way to explain moon phases I guess)
Huh, weird interpretation! I always assumed by the way how catlike the monster sister looks that she is supposed to be a Rakshasa.
That's the first time I heard of any other version of that creature since the Night Stalker ".
Hey! At least they didn't sell their kids for cabbage! So... that's a plus, I guess...
That's worse, it means they let some valuable resources go to waste.
So then, my theory was true after all! Phelan really is just two children!
I always figured Hansel got that bone from the meat he was given.
The weird thing about Hansel and Gretel’s case of “the stepparent part was added later”: this is one such fairy tale where the evil birth parent version is the one I’m familiar with. Didn’t even know that was changed until watching this.
....So, by calling the second story "The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister", doesn't that technically make Britannica guilty of clickbait?
Before the word clickbait was a thing? I guess🤷♀️
“Do you believe in witches?”
Yeah, I think there’s people out there who could be described as being a witch, although usually we say it with a “B” instead of a “W.”
I'm watching this later. My cousin passed away last night and I have been really depressed. And your reviews always make me smile and laugh. I really do appreciate you for that, Phelan. I've been a fan for 2 years and thank you for making my life a little better...💙
Sorry for your loss.
Really sorry to hear that.
Am so sorry:(You take care ok🌺
At this point I come to these Britannica reviews primarily for the background info on classic fairy tales.
I actually prefer Dingo animation, no facial expressions is better than whatever's going on with these guys faces.
Ouch. That's some dammning with faint praise.
I'm going to guess that the theme in this one is going to be "children abandonement" or something idk...
Anyway, thank you for this, Phelan.
The art style and animation quality of Hansel & Gretel seriously makes me think this was made by former Dingo Pictures animators whose art improved slightly
I wouldn't say they're Dingo level, these guys seem to at least have a basic understanding of solid drawing and animation even if it does still look quite unpleasant, tho the weird lineart that gets randomly thicker in weird places making the shapes look more messy is a pretty dingo thing to do.
I must have had this VHS as a kid. I don’t remember the other two stories, but The Woodcutter’s Wealthy Sister absolutely traumatized me. I couldn’t remember the title and I’ve been trying to track it down for years to figure out if it existed or if it was a nightmare I had. Somehow I figured you’d cover it sooner or later.
I can see why. I can imagine the visuals and that moaning music staying with one for a long time.
"Do you believe in witches" yes and they are called Karens, the spells they casts are speaking to the managers
After being eaten, Ash Shattar was thrown down to hell by Hero Cow himself.
Normal people have heartbeats, but Pedro has a torso-beat.
Jesus, that's unsettling.
Do you believe in binge watching phelous reviews while waiting for a new one? Well, I don’t know about you, but I believe. After all, it happened to me ✨🧚♀️
Me every day🤣
I live for these animation reviews! It's always fun seeing Pat Morita, too. That step mother in the first one reminded me so much of the Britannica telling of that Biblical sory of King Solomon. I kept expecting her to squawk like he did!
we will avenge you, Hero Cow 😭
that ogre reallly moved fast
I wonder if it was just up to each individual studio how they wanted to adapt the stories, which is why they seem utterly inconsistent on how straight the adaptation is
Hansel and Gretel won’t talk to strangers but they’ll eat their house?
Didn't know Phelous was two children
I freaking loved the treehouse of horror jokes. 🤣
In the version I read of the woodcutters rich sister, the sister was actually an aunt (bit more believable than a sibling that you don’t remember) staying at their home, and the cow was eaten the first night.
So there was a cow in some versions!
This was a very educational experience
Phelous, don't be stupid. The witch can't eat own candy because she'd end up homeless. To quote Futurama "it's either housing or food. Not both."
Couldn't help but notice the witch in the first story had 5 fingers while the rest of the cast had 4. Does that make her a polydactyl in this universe?
"I don't believe in witches"
The coven store literally a few blocks away from me would like a word with you...
To those who think you can't get traumatized by children's media as an adult, the cat demon is proof showing otherwise. I literally could not go to bed the following night without imagining her sneaking up on me in the dark.
'' Hansel are you crying? Stop it! '' Wow Gretel is a terrible sister X) She didn't need to be rude with him. Also, insulting your brother won't calm him BUT since he's wet the boy is completely useless now.
If the witch has enough food the force-feed Hansel, then why doesn't she simply eat that food?
...I asked the same question on another video with that topic half a year ago. I'm *still* getting notifications about it.
Maybe she doesn't have the human kind of meat she likes...
She just really likes how kids taste, I guess. Maybe she's an allegory for something.
Supposedly, the candy house is to lure in children like Hansel and Gretel, these sugar bombs of course doubling as food for her prey. Why the witch doesn't eat the candy herself? Maybe she has diabetes, or REALLY specifically weird tastes.
@@ArendAlphaEagle I mean if you eat nothing but candy all the time, you probably start suffering a lack of nutrients and high blood sugar and cholesterol levels, not to mention cavities since I doubt these people have access to toothpaste yet.
Yeah that never made sense. Why feed Hansel food to fatten him up, instead of eating that food?
I must be old. I kept thinking of the Bugs Bunny version of Hansel and Gretel while Phelous kept showing The Simpson's version.
"Hahn-sel?...Hahn-sel??...Hahn-sel."
Surprised that wasn't referenced in this video....
I was thinking that too. Hahn-sel?
From what I've read in some of the books, the bone hansel uses as a 'finger' is actually a chiken bone, from chicken that he was fed in the cage. Though it does raise the question as to why she's feeding whole chickens to a child she's going to eat, either children taste so good that she's willing to waste all of her other food on fattening them up or she's an idiot.
I kinda like how in _The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister_ a _cow_ tries to save the family. In most stories, the heroic animal is a dog or a horse, but _never a cow._ Usually in media, cows are portrayed as being lazy, stupid gluttons who seem to _only exist_ because media dictates that _all_ rural life must have cattle around. Maybe it's a cultural difference that cows are held in high regard in Syria like how they are in Hindu culture.
I love how fairy tales from all around the world contradict the normal expectations about male heroes we get from "modernized" western ones. Especially the wife in the tale about the fake sister that just says "Screw my abusive husband, I choose to live."
"Do you believe in witches?"
"...yup."
17:59 it's pronounced Broo-Ha.
J makes the H sound in Spanish.
"Take that, ya stupid witch!" --Haloweenie
"Take that, ya lousy dimension!" - Chief Wiggum.
beard is looking gorgeous btw! i mean, you know it's great content but *gestures*
hold up... that diabetes joke tells me you've never seen the renner/arterton hansel and gretel... omg... omg phelous, you have to see it! he has a steam punk insulin pen!!!
Finally! A new Phelous Britannica Review!
When I was young, I read a version of the second story called “Begin with the Ears”. It was part of a world horror anthology called “Ask the Bones”. In this version, the monster is a witch, and at the end she gives the husband the choice of which part of him she should eat first. He replies, “My wife tried to warn me about you, but I would not listen. So begin with the ears.”
The Pedro story got a bit extra horrifying in the end.
Yes Phelan... you are in fact two children.
Its time you knew the truth of it.