I remember talking about disney characters in class and thinking that someday everyone wants their prince charming and to live happily ever after! Everyone wants to drive off into the sunset and live their merry little lives.She does not look like she had the dream she always wanted! Her big hunky man is sitting his cute lazy butt on the couch watching tv while she gets surrounded by her multiple children and dog! It does not look like she got to live happliy ever after.
Obviously disney movies and about this ideal utopia of no crime and hate, just a happy house in the forest where animals come and clean your house and your man takes you on pony rides!..what a life! Sign me up!
This also reminds me of this dominant discourse we keep always coming back to in class. This is what we are used to disney movies that give us hope that there is always that man out there for us waiting to swoop us off our feet and take us into the forest to our cozy little house! We expect these stereotypes in disney movies right? We just do not notice them, because it is what we are used to!
-Durden32
This is great! She looks super impressed. I know I would be :P - BritFan
ReplyDeleteIt's true...women are brought up with the notion that a man will come, sweep us off our feet and we will live happily ever after...but it's slightly ironic that disney fails to show what happens after they meet, fall in love and life 'happily' ever after.
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lol This picture is so funny! Snow White was better off with the seven dwarfs!
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In class today we discussed the complex positions of womanhood, specifically referring to the red "power" boots in in "Fuck you, i'm Wonder Woman". To me, this photo elicits similar complexity. To me, Snow White's "costume" represents female innocence, a caring nature, and a type of beauty that sweet instead of sexy. This culture jam represents all of the responsibilities that these stereotypes elicit. For example, innocence might say that she has only ever been with Prince Charming, caring nature determines that she should care for children as well as herself, and her lack of sex appeal, stereotypically, takes away her power. Unlike the fuck-me boots which give control and allure, Snow White's attire is submissive.
ReplyDeleteSo, now it is her situation that controls her. This Snow White has to take care of multiple children, a dog, her husband, and her home. What is really behind the fairy tale? The romance of the Renaissance is only true to the audience; so what happens behind the curtain?
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