The beauty and tragedy of Charlie Brown's love for the Little Red-Haired Girl

There is something deeply sad — and even a little emotionally stunted — about Charles Schulz's dogged and lifelong infatuation with the woman behind the Little Red-Haired Girl

The story behind the mysterious, Little Red-Haired Girl.
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On Friday, Charlie Brown and the gang arrive in movie theaters across the world in The Peanuts Movie, an animated film designed to reintroduce Charles Schulz's beloved characters to a new generation of kids. And while Charlie, Snoopy, Lucy, and Peppermint Patty arrive more or else as you remember them, there's one character whose presence is sure to raise eyebrows among some Peanuts devotees: the Little Red-Haired Girl.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.