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Dec. 22nd, 2009 06:19 pmI suppose if I'm going to rant about Disney, I might as well go the rest of the way and grouse about how much their female characters suck.
Even with Princess and the Frog, their female leads have tended to be rather uninteresting and undynamic. A woman exists primarily to fall in love and realize her dreams through a man.
Even Wendy and Alice who step into another world. Do they have a great adventure and enjoy it or do they mope and generally just want to go home? Belle is probably the worst of course. She flees one odious oaf and encounters another but because he can blackmail her father into making her his prisoner, she somehow discovers through Stockholm Syndrome that it's okay to love your kidnapper and that all men, no matter how assholish can change for the better if they just have some gentle guidance and love from a pretty girl.
No matter how unique and independent a girl is, all her personality drains away when she finds Mr. Right. Even Mulan is not immune from the power of Mr. Right. Let's not even mention the Little Mermaid. Bleh.
Perhaps the most tragic example of this is Pepper Ann. Before she was bought by Disney she was a strong, independent, socially awkward woman who did what she wanted and had to live with the consequences good or bad. When Disney bought the show, she became more insecure, wanting boys to pay attention to her, and generally became less interested in flights of fancy.
I guess I should just be happy that Disney never made a movie about Pippi Longstocking, I guess. *sigh* I really should stop complaining and create a character to my own tastes, I guess. Not as if I don't have all the required skills.
Even with Princess and the Frog, their female leads have tended to be rather uninteresting and undynamic. A woman exists primarily to fall in love and realize her dreams through a man.
Even Wendy and Alice who step into another world. Do they have a great adventure and enjoy it or do they mope and generally just want to go home? Belle is probably the worst of course. She flees one odious oaf and encounters another but because he can blackmail her father into making her his prisoner, she somehow discovers through Stockholm Syndrome that it's okay to love your kidnapper and that all men, no matter how assholish can change for the better if they just have some gentle guidance and love from a pretty girl.
No matter how unique and independent a girl is, all her personality drains away when she finds Mr. Right. Even Mulan is not immune from the power of Mr. Right. Let's not even mention the Little Mermaid. Bleh.
Perhaps the most tragic example of this is Pepper Ann. Before she was bought by Disney she was a strong, independent, socially awkward woman who did what she wanted and had to live with the consequences good or bad. When Disney bought the show, she became more insecure, wanting boys to pay attention to her, and generally became less interested in flights of fancy.
I guess I should just be happy that Disney never made a movie about Pippi Longstocking, I guess. *sigh* I really should stop complaining and create a character to my own tastes, I guess. Not as if I don't have all the required skills.
