Racism And Sexism In Tangled - Or, Okay WHAT Are These People Smoking?

[zelda_queen]

ZeldaQueen: Right. This is one bit of idiocy that threw me for a bit of a loop. Warnings folks, this will have spoilers for the movie Tangled. If you want to read the original article, it's available here

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[overlordmikey]

aikaterini:I didn't think that Gaston was that handsome

Mikey:Neither do I. Both personlity wise and in the looks department he's just not that good looking. Mostly I hate his personality though...

aikaterini:I've never seen anybody argue that both traits refer only to Elizabeth.

Mikey:I say they are both Pride and Prejudice - although Mr. Darcy is more Pride well Elizabeth is more Prejudice.

aikaterini:Did the writer of that book miss the part near the end where Mr. Darcy told Elizabeth that his behavior was "unpardonable?" What, did the author think that he was just being modest and self-deprecating? I'm beginning to think that the writer didn't read the book at all.

Mikey:I'd say yes, most likely, and you are most likely right about that last bit...

aikaterini:Which one? The 1940 version with Laurence Olivier, the BBC miniseries, the Keira Knightley version, or the modernized version (which I've heard is awful)?

Mikey:Well they all have flaws; as big believer that the book is almost always better, but I believe I am refering to the most recent modern one in this case. I can't remember which one it was exactly, but it actully had her pretty much say flat out "I was wrong he's not proud he's just shy" and all kinds of other romance cliche crap. I only saw it once - ya know cause it was stupid... damn which one was it!

Speaking of Pride and Prejudice - it had been a long while since I read it and I wanted to so I bought a new copy and now I can't find it anywhere. I was half way through it to. I've looked all over for it [sigh] how depressing.

[zelda_queen]

"I say they are both Pride and Prejudice - although Mr. Darcy is more Pride well Elizabeth is more Prejudice."

I always got that feeling as well. Lizzie was proud of her ability to judge people, but was influenced by her prejudice and thus failed to think of the reasons Darcy had for his actions (looking out for his friend and sister, etc). Darcy, meanwhile, was proud of his station and prejudiced about Lizzie's lower class and thus looked down his nose at her and almost missed her own good qualities.

Is the modern one "Bride and Prejudice"? Because that one was kind of awesome. Plus it had singing! :D

[overlordmikey]

No~ haven't seen that.

I do love a good musical though~ :)

[zelda_queen]

Ah. I do recommend it, though. XD It's cute and fun and makes a surprising amount of sense.