"Advice From A Cartoon Princess" exposes the weird side of Disney films
By James Brady RyanAugust 31st, 2010, 2:45 pmComments (3)Sure, a lot of Disney films are kind of twisted just on the surface: Bambi's mom gets murdered, Cinderella's step-mom abuses her, Snow White enters a polyamorous relationship with seven men. (No disrespect to polyamorous relationships. I just feel like seven is way too much work for one person.) But what about the deeper messages that the more benign (read: not quite as murder-happy) Disney films teach to our children? The Second City Network — the same people who brought us the Sassy Gay Friend — have decided to be more up-front with these lessons, delivered from the very princesses who lived them.
The newest one, "Advice From A Cartoon Princess: Belle," points out something we at Hooksexup feel is often overlooked about Beauty and the Beast. Namely, no one would show it to their kids if the beast was not a sort-of humanoid, generic fuzzy thing, but instead a Great Dane:
Don't leave Belle alone with Spot, you guys. Things might get weird. They also have "Advice From A Cartoon Princess: Ariel," which is all about how fulfilling it can be to drastically alter your body and suppress your natural talents in order to bag the man of your dreams:
Thanks, Disney!
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Commentarium (3 Comments)
I don't think it was Disney who made these tale weird. They were weird from the way back.
"The longer that you're entrapped by the same person, the more it will feel like home. Stockholm!" Hilarious.
While that is true, tamaulipas, Disney IS responsible for candifying them, coating them with absurdly-catchy songs, and marking the living crap out of products from these old tales. I often have difficulty explaining to people how absolutely abhorrent I find the retellings of these tales. The humor here does it pretty well. Don't let you children "aspire" to be Disney Princesses.