Comments on: What Disney Taught Us Growing Up http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/ Sat, 26 May 2012 11:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dylanhttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-672360 Dylan Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:38:10 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-672360 People fail to realize that children are too young to understand the underlying concepts of the characters that allow adults to overlook the vapidity of the stories. All they see is a pretty princess who gets saved by a prince. Go to any kindergarten class and you'll see that it's true. One little girl I worked with thought the blonde chick from "Princess and the Frog" was the actual princess, if that proves anything. People fail to realize that children are too young to understand the underlying concepts of the characters that allow adults to overlook the vapidity of the stories. All they see is a pretty princess who gets saved by a prince. Go to any kindergarten class and you’ll see that it’s true. One little girl I worked with thought the blonde chick from “Princess and the Frog” was the actual princess, if that proves anything.

]]> By: Judahhttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-664771 Judah Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:15:10 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-664771 Such a crock. This is a perfect example of how to twist things.In the little mermaid the princess doesn't 'change her appearance' to be more attractive, she gets legs, because otherwise she can never be with her love. In addition, the loss of her voice causes endless trouble and almost causes the potential husband to fall for the wrong woman (when he hears the evil woman singing with Ariel's voice and thinks it is really her). So what she thought to be worth little (her voice) turns out to be so important. So if anything it suggests that looks are not everything.Most of the others have been covered perfectly well by Cricket. I'd add to the Beauty and the Beast that he is cursed in the begining for turning away an old lady who is looking for shelter, showing that you may have looks, power and wealth, but your actions will come back to you.All this shows is that if you try hard enough you can misinterpret anything and make it sound bad. Such a crock. This is a perfect example of how to twist things.

In the little mermaid the princess doesn’t ‘change her appearance’ to be more attractive, she gets legs, because otherwise she can never be with her love.
In addition, the loss of her voice causes endless trouble and almost causes the potential husband to fall for the wrong woman (when he hears the evil woman singing with Ariel’s voice and thinks it is really her).
So what she thought to be worth little (her voice) turns out to be so important. So if anything it suggests that looks are not everything.

Most of the others have been covered perfectly well by Cricket. I’d add to the Beauty and the Beast that he is cursed in the begining for turning away an old lady who is looking for shelter, showing that you may have looks, power and wealth, but your actions will come back to you.

All this shows is that if you try hard enough you can misinterpret anything and make it sound bad.

]]> By: I Dont Understand One Thinghttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-645133 I Dont Understand One Thing Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:06:34 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-645133 Why are most of these comments about the girls? What about the guys??!?!? Most of them are rich, hot, well known, and (prince) charming! Seriously? Do you ever think how all the self conscious fat, ugly, poor, or boring boys are feeling? Why are most of these comments about the girls? What about the guys??!?!? Most of them are rich, hot, well known, and (prince) charming! Seriously? Do you ever think how all the self conscious fat, ugly, poor, or boring boys are feeling?

]]> By: Mimihttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-523409 Mimi Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:18:25 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-523409 Disney princesses set such a bad example for children! So first of all, Snow White. She accepted an apple from an old ugly woman she didn't even know (stranger danger), Ariel takes advice from a seagull and falls in love with someone she doesn't know (stranger danger and bad common sense), Cinderella sneaks out to go to a party of someone she doesn't know and accepts a dress, shoes, and a carriage from someone she doesn't know (stranger danger). Sleeping Beauty falls in love with someone she's never met and just kisses her awake (how does this even make sense? Stranger danger), Jasmine accepts a ride from a stranger who turns out only likes her cause she's pretty (stranger danger, plus he's a thief!), Rapunzel asks a stranger to take her to see some floating lights (same as Jasmine actually). Tiana kissed a frog she didn't know, but that girl has some common sense unlike these other girls. Plus she's not a pretty little white girl. Belle is so nice and although she got captured by a stranger (she was captured so I don't think this counts), she understood that inner beauty is the kind that matters. The beast part just makes it better. Oh, and sleeping beauty (she was my favorite as a kid) didn't listen to her parents like Cinderella. She touched it even though she wasn't supposed to! As you can see, they have some issues. Don't even get me started on the guys. Disney princesses set such a bad example for children! So first of all, Snow White. She accepted an apple from an old ugly woman she didn’t even know (stranger danger), Ariel takes advice from a seagull and falls in love with someone she doesn’t know (stranger danger and bad common sense), Cinderella sneaks out to go to a party of someone she doesn’t know and accepts a dress, shoes, and a carriage from someone she doesn’t know (stranger danger). Sleeping Beauty falls in love with someone she’s never met and just kisses her awake (how does this even make sense? Stranger danger), Jasmine accepts a ride from a stranger who turns out only likes her cause she’s pretty (stranger danger, plus he’s a thief!), Rapunzel asks a stranger to take her to see some floating lights (same as Jasmine actually). Tiana kissed a frog she didn’t know, but that girl has some common sense unlike these other girls. Plus she’s not a pretty little white girl. Belle is so nice and although she got captured by a stranger (she was captured so I don’t think this counts), she understood that inner beauty is the kind that matters. The beast part just makes it better. Oh, and sleeping beauty (she was my favorite as a kid) didn’t listen to her parents like Cinderella. She touched it even though she wasn’t supposed to! As you can see, they have some issues. Don’t even get me started on the guys.

]]> By: Isaachttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-256630 Isaac Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:30:56 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-256630 You're delving too deep for meaning. These movies taught us morale. Each & every Disney movie shows that there's more on the inside then out, hence the reason Belle falls in love with a monster. They also teach us that in the end love, family, and friendship always triumphs. You're taking these movies way too out of context. The only one I'd agree on is Snow White. You’re delving too deep for meaning. These movies taught us morale. Each & every Disney movie shows that there’s more on the inside then out, hence the reason Belle falls in love with a monster. They also teach us that in the end love, family, and friendship always triumphs. You’re taking these movies way too out of context. The only one I’d agree on is Snow White.

]]> By: Colm Tourquehttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-136258 Colm Tourque Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:44:42 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-136258 So Disney reflects reality what's the big deal. So Disney reflects reality what’s the big deal.

]]> By: izafelidaehttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-114071 izafelidae Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:17:49 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-114071 @Cricket - I'm glad that there is someone else out there who thinks about this stuff. It's not just a waste of time to sit around analyzing Disney movies. These are classic, very old tales (Tale as old as time), even though they are changed and updated, they have the same DNA. They were developed to pass time around the hearth fire, instruct, inspire morals that may no longer apply. These are still our cultural and literary inheritance. Perhaps they are all beautiful b/c in reality, esp when these were first told, w/ limited hygiene and health so few people were terribly pretty. And in times when people married for political or financial gain, the idea of marrying for love was the stuff of fantasy, something that happened only if you were fortunate enough to like the person to whom you were betrothed. I agree that Belle rocks. I'm part of a Renaissance Festival, and we 'noble' ladies sat around one day w/ the queen discussing how modern girls react to the princesses. Belle is really one of the few go-getters who doesn't rely on a man to save her. That scene in Shrek where Fiona chastises the other princesses for lying around waiting to be saved was hilarious and yet poignant. I would say it's not so much her sexuality that saves the Beast (Adam?), but her compassion. That she is sexually viable doesn't hurt. And she is also a lower-middle class girl, though in several of the earlier versions she is at least upper-middle, daughter of a merchant. She is not princess material, or not expected to be. She is sweet while her sisters were vain (in the originals). In the Disney, they made her an only child, but still bookish, charitable and intelligent. I think when Disney steps outside of the traditional Euro-centric stories is when we get some surprisingly able women. Pocahantas (sp?) and Mu-lan for instance. Not traditional princesses. Pocahantas we know as an American heroine, who risks all for what she believes in and for love. Was it wise? Love never makes much sense. Mulan is a middle to upper class girl who feels totally stifled by convention but is trapped by her sense of duty. She follows adventure and danger and lives as a boy in the army to save her father from re-enlisting and to fulfill her own sense of self-worth. Her man thinks she's another guy to start with. He admires 'him' for her cleverness and bravery. Once she is found to be a female, he is disappointed, but then undeniably attracted to her strategic mind and courage. She made her own success, though it was painful along the way. Having made something of herself and saving her country, she was able to return home proud at last. As to getting a life about this sort of thing...this is part of culture, our collective subconsiousness. Just b/c we live in a world that chooses Twitterature over books and certainly doesn't sit around hearth-fires telling stories anymore, those who study these things know them for the rich inheritances that they are. Even wearing the mouse ears. @Cricket – I’m glad that there is someone else out there who thinks about this stuff. It’s not just a waste of time to sit around analyzing Disney movies. These are classic, very old tales (Tale as old as time), even though they are changed and updated, they have the same DNA. They were developed to pass time around the hearth fire, instruct, inspire morals that may no longer apply. These are still our cultural and literary inheritance. Perhaps they are all beautiful b/c in reality, esp when these were first told, w/ limited hygiene and health so few people were terribly pretty. And in times when people married for political or financial gain, the idea of marrying for love was the stuff of fantasy, something that happened only if you were fortunate enough to like the person to whom you were betrothed.
I agree that Belle rocks. I’m part of a Renaissance Festival, and we ‘noble’ ladies sat around one day w/ the queen discussing how modern girls react to the princesses. Belle is really one of the few go-getters who doesn’t rely on a man to save her. That scene in Shrek where Fiona chastises the other princesses for lying around waiting to be saved was hilarious and yet poignant. I would say it’s not so much her sexuality that saves the Beast (Adam?), but her compassion. That she is sexually viable doesn’t hurt. And she is also a lower-middle class girl, though in several of the earlier versions she is at least upper-middle, daughter of a merchant. She is not princess material, or not expected to be. She is sweet while her sisters were vain (in the originals). In the Disney, they made her an only child, but still bookish, charitable and intelligent.
I think when Disney steps outside of the traditional Euro-centric stories is when we get some surprisingly able women. Pocahantas (sp?) and Mu-lan for instance. Not traditional princesses. Pocahantas we know as an American heroine, who risks all for what she believes in and for love. Was it wise? Love never makes much sense. Mulan is a middle to upper class girl who feels totally stifled by convention but is trapped by her sense of duty. She follows adventure and danger and lives as a boy in the army to save her father from re-enlisting and to fulfill her own sense of self-worth. Her man thinks she’s another guy to start with. He admires ‘him’ for her cleverness and bravery. Once she is found to be a female, he is disappointed, but then undeniably attracted to her strategic mind and courage. She made her own success, though it was painful along the way. Having made something of herself and saving her country, she was able to return home proud at last.
As to getting a life about this sort of thing…this is part of culture, our collective subconsiousness. Just b/c we live in a world that chooses Twitterature over books and certainly doesn’t sit around hearth-fires telling stories anymore, those who study these things know them for the rich inheritances that they are. Even wearing the mouse ears.

]]> By: hentaihttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-113279 hentai Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:25:09 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-113279 they should make cartoon porn for kids so that when they grow up they'll be pro at it... and make their erections go away ^_^ they should make cartoon porn for kids so that when they grow up they’ll be pro at it… and make their erections go away ^_^

]]> By: Tinahttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-102056 Tina Tue, 11 May 2010 14:17:38 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-102056 @KirstyThank you so much for telling others to get a life. It must be a hard job. Do you get breaks and holiday bonuses. I am wondering if it is a good job for my child to aspire to? What type of education do you need?Obviously, written English is not a requirement, that is good. @Kirsty

Thank you so much for telling others to get a life. It must be a hard job. Do you get breaks and holiday bonuses. I am wondering if it is a good job for my child to aspire to? What type of education do you need?

Obviously, written English is not a requirement, that is good.

]]> By: kirstyhttp://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-68868 kirsty Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:15:07 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2009/10/29/disney-taught-us-more-than-you-think-growing-up/#comment-68868 OMG.. WHO FREAKING CARES.. WORRY ABOUT REAL THINGS HAPPINING IN YOUR OWN LIFE INSTEAD OF DISNEY AND CONSPIRACY'S.. GET A LIFE EVERY ONE.. IF THE ONLY THING I HAD TO WORY ABOUT IN MY LIFE IS WHAT DISNEY IS SUPPOSEDLY TEACHING US AS WE GROW UP, THEN MY LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT.. MABY CONCENTRATE ON BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN AND TEACHING THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG, INSTEAD OF BEING ON A COMPUTER AND INVESTIGATING STUPID AS CONSPIRACY THEORIES.. GET A LIFE!! OMG.. WHO FREAKING CARES.. WORRY ABOUT REAL THINGS HAPPINING IN YOUR OWN LIFE INSTEAD OF DISNEY AND CONSPIRACY’S.. GET A LIFE EVERY ONE.. IF THE ONLY THING I HAD TO WORY ABOUT IN MY LIFE IS WHAT DISNEY IS SUPPOSEDLY TEACHING US AS WE GROW UP, THEN MY LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT.. MABY CONCENTRATE ON BEING A GOOD EXAMPLE TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN AND TEACHING THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG, INSTEAD OF BEING ON A COMPUTER AND INVESTIGATING STUPID AS CONSPIRACY THEORIES.. GET A LIFE!!

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