Sleeping Beauty was my ultimate favorite, not b/c of the main character herself, but b/c Merriweather (or however you spell it) was hilarious and Malificent was the coolest, most amazing thing I'd ever seen in my life. I mean, she turned into a dragon for Christ's sake! Plus, her color scheme was right up my alley. I literally watched that movie everyday when I was like 3 or 4
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okay, prepare yourself for a long comment because this is actually a paper topic i thought about doing a while ago, but didn't do it... plus, you know how much I love disney movies
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Re: oooh fun... pt. 2 they cut me off :(boogerbumMay 2 2005, 06:42:20 UTC
I am rather torn between Mulan and Lilo and Stitch as my favorite films. I love Mulan because I can identify with this feeling of familial obligation and gender expectations, but they also have some things which are upsetting if you take a closer look. For example, I love Mulan because it is about a woman of color, but then again, she's not set in the United States, she's set in China (a foreign country). This perhaps implies that Chinese people cannot be seen as Americans, or even just that it implies that Mulan is not a threat because she is a woman a world away, from a time long ago. And I am still undecided about how I feel that her choice to fight for the country is to protect her father, as opposed to her family and her whole country (but then again, you can't change history). However, I do love that Mulan is intelligent, thinks on her feet, and works hard to be ready for war. What disturbs me is that song, "I'll make a man out of you." Obviously this is reinforcing the idea that China is a sexist nation that believes that only
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