Years after my first encounter with this musical, I revisit it today. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. The charm of Snow-Wolf-Lake is its simplicity in the story-telling. Nothing complicated, just your average tragic romantic tale. But therein, the charm, for simple is beautiful.

There are a couple of themes in the story that is worth highlighting though. There was the obvious demonstration on the ills of the social economic divide. When I read elsewhere that the world actually produced enough food to sustain the entire global population, yet there are people starving, I cannot help feeling angry at the injustice. It is not famine that it causing starvation, it is poverty! And that is because of the uncompassionate reality of economic divide and materialism. I must fight materialism!

Another theme is imprisonment. When the main character Wolf was imprison, I cannot help but feel that it is not the physical imprisonment that is causing his suffering, it is the spiritual imprisonment. And spiritual imprisonment leads to the loss of hope. And that is a hellish existence. In our society today, it is all too easy to have our spirituality imprisoned. We are highly vulnerable to influences from dogmas and perverted advertising. Our consciousness is bombarded with undesirables clutter every minute. But we must stand firm. And cherish hope. Always cherish hope.

And there is of course love. And love of the rich man and his unwilling bride is pity-worthy; the love of the sister is tragic; and the loves of the lead characters are bittersweet. Ultimately, love is a powerful emotion that cannot be tame and cannot be controlled. This is the reason why life can be so colorful. And life is meant to be tasted in its full splendor and glory.