Denmark has kicked off a year-long celebration of fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen with a television spectacular, helped by the magic charms of celebrities.Ahh, who cares? If Newton-John and Turner, among others, like Danish-born fairy tales and are willing to help promote a bit of worldwide heritage (according to this report, Andersen's tales have been translated into 150 languages), why worry about it?
Saturday's event in the capital Copenhagen marked 200 years since the birth of Andersen, who created such memorable tales as The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Little Mermaid.
The Danish Queen, Margrethe II, was joined by other European royals, plus film star Sir Roger Moore, Chilean writer Isabella Allende, Danish football star Peter Schmeichel, Irish politician John Hume and many others.
The biggest Danish cultural event ever was broadcast to millions of TV viewers worldwide...
Amid all the razzmatazz some critics asked what stars of the 1980s, such as Olivia Newton-John and Tina Turner, had to do with Denmark's literary icon...
The above-linked article includes links to related articles and websites. (By following some of these I found that even Chinese television has gotten into the spirit of what is being called "HCA2005". Amazing.)
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