tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375513398595848202.post8972933985763320513..comments2024-02-25T12:01:44.125-05:00Comments on Disney Weirdness: Disney Princesses: How Do They Work?Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212238346534097182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375513398595848202.post-988608109104930952010-07-14T05:17:49.289-04:002010-07-14T05:17:49.289-04:00I haven't seen Princess and the Frog yet, but ...I haven't seen Princess and the Frog yet, but I'd heard that it was a step in the right direction. I don't necessarily think that the Princess stories are harmful for girls, though, any more than superheroes or pirates or whatever are harmful to young boys.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212238346534097182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1375513398595848202.post-80469658967172834312010-07-14T00:33:43.902-04:002010-07-14T00:33:43.902-04:00Man, I love The Little Mermaid and (especially) Be...Man, I love The Little Mermaid and (especially) Beauty and the Beast so intensely that I have a kneejerk desire to argue with this, but alas, I cannot--this may be a tiny bit reductive, but it's basically dead-on.<br /><br />There HAS been some progress since then, though: Mulan (not actually a princess, but Disney markets her as one) basically spends the whole movie kicking ass with no romance until the very end, and there's no evidence that she compromises her ass-kicking-ness to get there. And in The Princess and the Frog, Tiana's goal is to become a <i>small business owner,</i> to which the prince is only incidental. <i>He's</i> the one who's forced to change, not her. You can no doubt find things to object to in these movies, but they certainly represent progress.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.com