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Dec 13, 2005 23:57

Chelsea and I just watched Aladdin ( Read more... )

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gonadsinrain December 14 2005, 14:06:32 UTC
now i'm not about to say that disney isn't sexist, or is in any way realistic..i mean, look a jasmine's body in that picture..but i don't think jasmine is so pathetic. she fights her father when he says she has to marry, runs away [though she doesn't even know what money is, which is a little silly], stands up to that big bully guard, she fights jafar off, figures out aladin is a liar and snubs him..but, yeah, she does fall in love pretty easily. i guess if you had never been outside the walls of your huge palace, and had only seen the ugly faces of jafar and prissy suitors, it would be pretty easy to fall in love with a sweet boy. :P

don't forget that she throws wine, or whatever that is, on jafar when he makes the speechless comment! i don't know, i guess this could all subconsciously scar us, but if kids are brought up well and have some sort of analytical brain functioning, they shouldn't be too scarred. who knows.

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tonitonitoni04 December 16 2005, 07:51:36 UTC
i tried to reply to this twice a few days ago and both times my entry got deleted! but basically what i was saying is, even when the disney girls start off with a lot of spunk, it almost seems patronizing to me. because by the end of the movie, what really matters, and what really brings them happiness, is just finding a man. the moment when jafar makes his little silent wives remark is actually earlier in the movie where it is really almost unnoticable, and i know a single line, or a single movie isn't going to scar a kid. but i do think growing up with the notion pounded into your head that what really matters in the end is finding a husband is detramental. i also recently watched anastasia (this cartoon watching is getting embarrassing to admit to) and i really liked her; she was a tomboy, she wore baggy clothes, she had SHORT hair, she was sarcastic, she had dreams, etc etc. i couldn't wait to find out what kind of princess she would be. instead, halfway through the movie, they put her in a pretty dress where she is suddenly ( ... )

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gonadsinrain December 16 2005, 08:06:55 UTC
that's very true..regardless of how independent they seem, every disney girl ends up with a husband. you shouldn't be embarrassed to watch cartoons, i love them! my favorite disney movie was always mulan, she was free-spirited and awesome [though the society she lives in is overtly sexist, i think she's great because she fools all the men and ends up saving them]..but i'm sure i could find something horrible in it if i were to watch it again. [though i'd hope not].

watch home movies. :) it's been my favorite lately.

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