Oct 29 2009
What Disney Taught Us Growing Up
For the girls:
Be helpless and super hot and someday, your prince will come. You can even be in a coma or a mute half-fish, as long as you’re hot.
For the guys:
So what’s that again, be rich (or act rich) and be hot? Disney wants everyone to be hot, I’ve got that much down. As for the names, you’ve got me. I’ve got Aladdin, Prince Charming (though I don’t know which one that is) and let’s say….Prince Valiant. That’s got to be one of them.
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How about “Prince Stereotype”?
And don’t forget White for the Prince thing. With the acceptance of Aladdin, I guess.
The guy from The Little Mermaid is Eric. That I know.
And Disney is right, aren’t they?
I wish Belle and Gaston would have ended up together.
Eric from the Little Mermaid, Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty), Aladdin, Prince Charming (Cinderella), Prince Ferdinand (Snow White), and, although never mentioned by name in the Disney movie, the beast’s real name is Adam (apparently, though no real instance of fact remains behind that one).
I think even worse with Belle is the whole idea that if you’re stuck with a total asshat of a guy who threatens you and treats you like shit, (i.e.: the Beast) he’ll eventually turn into a nice guy/prince who is rich, famous, charming and good looking. It’s almost glorifying being in shitty relationships.
Sooo, Bell stays at beast castle yo save his father. Paid vacation with a enormous library, for the time, she was the closest to a wirdo nerd.
We ald now Bullys and Jokes fall for the weird chiks.
Anyway, considering ugly peolple (like me) also get horrendous drama relationships, what’s the dillio? will you be happier if all of them where poor, ugly and with no sense of singing?
You havce real life for that folks, stop being a bitches.
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As a kid, I loved Sleeping Beauty. Was my favorite Disney film. Then watching it now, they had met for literally 5 minutes and fell in love. Seriously?
i watched all those how many times as a kid and i dont know there names, come to think of it they do teach that right when i read the first one i went through the story of the others and realized it
May I?
Snow White: She was “the fairest in the land” — but look how far that got her! No, Snow White’s true beauty was inner — and it showed through the way she cared for the forest animals and embraced her life with the dwarves. She believed that there is good in everyone, and refuses to give in to hatred, even when treated with unkindness (Grumpy).
Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora): Okay, I won’t deny. She’s pretty ridiculous. Prince Phillip is the true, underrated hero of this story, willing to fight to save a girl he barely knows.
Jasmine: Although by law forced to marry, she sees behind the facades of the many suiters, who are only after her money, beauty, and the power of her family. She clearly falls for Aladdin when they first meet in the marketplace; and she knows that he is not wealthy. When he is disguised as Prince Ali, she doesn’t swoon until he proves he actually is a real, kind person; not to mention she realizes he is, in fact, the boy from the market. In the end, Aladdin is not a prince; he still has nothing, but Jasmine truly loves him, and chooses him anyway.
Ariel: This is another one I won’t deny as shallow. However, her bravery in saving Eric from the shipwreck and fighting Ursula at the end are both great signs of heroism.
Belle: Okay, come on. Although she’s not my favorite princess, Belle is the shit. She turns down the handsome, popular, and most likely weathly Gaston because he is concieted, chauvinistic, and quite frankly, stupid. When her father is lost in the woods, Belle does not hesitate to find him, and then sacrifice herself to a life as a prisoner so that Maurice may be set free. Belle despises the Beast at first; he is, after all, holding her captive. After a frightening outburst in the West Wing, Belle flees the castle, only to be attacked by wolves. The Beast saves her, and because of this show of kindness, Belle nurses his wounds. The Beast, who’s heart is still human, is naturally attracted to Belle; her beauty, her bravery, and her kindness. He improves his attitude, the two become closer, and Belle is able to look past his outward appearance and see the man behind the fur.
Cinderella: Cindy is an orphan who is treated horribly by her step-family. She is taught from a young age that she is worthless. However, she does not let her station in life define her. She has a quote (I’m just going from memory, so this may be wrong) that basically says, “Oh, that clock! Old killjoy! ‘Time to get up!’ he says. Even he orders me about. Well, there’s one thing. They can’t order me to stop dreaming.” Cinderella knows that beyond the cruelty of Lady Tremaine and her daughters, life is good, and someday, she will enjoy that life.
I will never deny that there are flaws in the stories. They are, after all, fairy-tales. They have happily ever afters and whirlwind romances. But there are morals within them, and the tales are timeless.