Apples, Mythology, Religion, Doctors and New Movies

"Adam & Eve" (1507) by Albrecht Dürer, oil on panel.

At midnight, "Mirror, Mirror" arrives in a movie theater somewhere here in NYC, because big red apples are everywhere!What's the story behind apples--good & evil? I've often thought it would be a great idea for someone, back-home to do an entire exhibition on the myth & mythology of this mystical or forbidden fruit. Americans, walking in the steps of Johnny Appleseed are fascinated with apples, and of course they are advocated by our doctors too (once a day). But the apples on billboards this week in NYC are the opposite of the good apples. These are the apples of Adam's sin; Eve's sexual seduction; and of "Fairy tale" deaths. This weekend, I going to buy a couple of big red apples from our corner street vendor, and take my wife (and daughter) to see "Mirror, Mirror." Maybe I will see you there.