Re:Pinocchio Dies, Bambi Gets Shot, and Other Changes to Dis...
by wmeredith on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:05AM
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The woke Disney remakes have all been worse than their previous counterparts. The pseudo-empowerment of Jasmin in the live action Alladin was particularly egregious. She is a strong character in the original with nuance and agency. In the remake she sings a song about female empowerment where she tells everyone off, but it turns out to be a dream sequence. Sigh.
Having said all that, the live action Cinderella remake was really something special. I can’t recommend it enough. After seeing it, I great hopes for the rest. I’ve since been disappointed.
Re:Pinocchio Dies, Bambi Gets Shot, and Other Changes to Dis...
by gridlockd on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:31AM
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> In the remake she sings a song about female empowerment where she tells everyone off, but it turns out to be a dream sequence. Sigh.
Any "empowerment narrative" that has "be a princess" as step one is doomed to failure. Might as well drive the point home that it is all a fantasy.
Re:Pinocchio Dies, Bambi Gets Shot, and Other Changes to Dis...
by 082349872349872 on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:50AM
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I thought Enchanted did a reasonable job, but may be from an out-of-touch generation.
Not all princesses are royal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TQmo5TvZQY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU1ffHa47YY
Topics it covers include:
• Dumbo and the attempts to paper over ideas of racism, alcoholism, animal cruelty;
• Beauty and the Beast and feminism/female empowerment;
• Aladdin adding redundant ideas of female empowerment (that the original arguably didn't lack);
• Mary Poppins being a story about not caring about material possessions to the 2018 sequel being centred around concern for material possessions.