tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post4233349671800765667..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Ask JKM a Question: Lucan (From the Archive)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-18146590371734209922017-02-14T11:15:14.026-05:002017-02-14T11:15:14.026-05:00Here is the In Search Of "wild Children"...Here is the In Search Of "wild Children" episode:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSN_UFP2-1wSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-53220521483727730222017-02-14T03:36:58.299-05:002017-02-14T03:36:58.299-05:00Ah, Lucan! I remember it, too, and I recall that ...Ah, Lucan! I remember it, too, and I recall that he was able to call on his wolfpack for help. His eyes glowed when he became especially angry and his wolfen instincts surfaced. I recall Ned Beatty on the show also. <br /><br />It not only seemed to be a reconstruction of the story of "The Wild Child", but also was very timely because it arrived on the heels of 1977 or 1978 news reports about a feral boy discovered in the forests of India--Shamdeo? Shambeo? "The Wild Child", Victor of Aveyron, was also the subject of a late 1970's episode of "In Search Of", narrated by Leonard Nimoy. European and especially French lore is full of these feral children stories, and French author Serge Aroles examined archival records and determined Victor did not fit the profile of a feral child. There was an equally controversial case, Marie-Angélique, known as the Wild Girl of Champaign or the Wild Child of Songy, who Aroles discovered was not a hoax--as French authorities had thought--but whose story was confused. She had not been raised by wolves in France but was in fact a Fox Native American found running feral in what is now Wisconsin, and sent to live in France to be "humanized". <br /><br />Lucan, with his vaguely Native American antecedents, seemed to be a kind of amalgamation Victor and Marie-Antoinette. There is a Lucan fan site on the web!Sherinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-25462368030580686722017-02-13T16:26:23.446-05:002017-02-13T16:26:23.446-05:00I remember LUCAN. This could be rebooted today, al...I remember LUCAN. This could be rebooted today, although they would probably make him a werewolf!<br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.com