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Mar 09, 2010 12:59

Hat tip to wabbitseason on shakydismount, Disney retools Rapunzel to appeal to boys. By giving it a male protagonist. Yes, even the princesses can't be for girls anymore ( Read more... )

the focus group was fucking with dave., women's rights are human rights, feminism

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lizkayl March 9 2010, 19:32:34 UTC
For a good mom, Emperor's New Groove had a good one.

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delle March 10 2010, 00:15:01 UTC
unfortuantely, it's about the only disney film that has a mother. (ENG is disney, yes?)

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cereta March 9 2010, 20:01:48 UTC
Yeah, that's a whole...yeah.

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effervescent March 10 2010, 03:35:31 UTC
To be fair, that particular trope comes from the tales themselves, not Disney. Because death was incredibly common during the times when these tales were originally written, and they add to the 'coming of age' story.

Not that that makes this move by Disney any less full of utter fail.

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