Disney Is Ridiculous
Yeah, yeah, I love me some Little Mermaid and Snow White. And, yes, I’ve heard all the stuff about how Disney is sexist (think about it…every movie - every SINGLE movie (save Fantasia, maybe) - portrays male dominance over women), and I just go, “Whatever.” So, Disney is inappropriate and chauvinistic and all that. Okay, I can live with that. They’re just movies, and they are fun. Plus, I love Disneyland.
But, then, last night I started reading Cinderella to Squid. I didn’t get past the first paragraph and here’s why:
“Once upon a time in a faraway land there was a young girl named Cinderella. When she was a child, her mother died.”
At that point, I shut the book and selected another (non-Disney!) story to read before bedtime. C’mon! What the hell is that? Her mother died! Is that really necessary?
January 23rd, 2008 23:24
Well how else are they going to explain the stepmother? Her dad got a divorce? That is not true to the original fairy tale (which was much more gruesome than the cleaner Disney version) and would not be any better than the mom dying.
January 23rd, 2008 23:29
I know, you’re right, but there could have been a little more lead-in! It was just so abrupt. Her mother died. Like, couldn’t it explain that her mother was sick or something? It’s just so harsh!
January 24th, 2008 19:57
Ever read Grimm’s Fairy Tales? Now those are some scary stories. I believe (I may be wrong) that the original Cinderella is in there. Either way it’s so gruesome - with the stepsisters cutting off their toes to fit into the glass slipper.
Great way to give your child nightmares!