"You may say the blond hair caused misery to her life, but the movie also shows that the blond hair is what made her special and unique, is what made people want to be around her besides her family."
Yes it made her special, but it also left her locked in her tower and, the first time she left, it meant that almost every person she met wanted to take advantage of her. She almost didn't trust Flynn, one of the first people who really cared for her, because she thought he would take advantage of her as soon as he knew what her hair was capable of. And she does not get a happy ending until her hair turns brown. If she had kept it yellow, it would have led her to a life of imprisonment.
"If they were referencing poo, Flynn could've said "its smells like something you would find in a toilet" etc."
Did they even have toilets in the period that movie was set in?
"I would also like to point out, that people who are celebrating the green eyes because they think they have been underrepresented, I believe that is exactly how Blacks felt until Disney produced PATF."
The green eyes bit was a joke. Ariel was the first princess with green eyes. And before the PATF, there was a pretty good debate as to whether or not Tiana really WAS the first "black" princess, or if Kida or Esmeralda counted.
"Everyone would be just as upset if an African American Disney Princess Movie came out and made the evil character dress in white, or made the lightest person in skin tone noticeably evil, YOU would have a problem with it."
There is an entire trope based on that. It's called "Light is Not Good". The entire "Golden Compass" movie was built on that. Arguably "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" used it as well, with Frollo as the villain and the noticeably dark Esmeralda as one of the three heroes. Frollo is one of the most popular Disney villains ever, someone that people love to hate.
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Re: You are all full of CRAP
Date: 2011-03-07 03:27 am (UTC)Yes it made her special, but it also left her locked in her tower and, the first time she left, it meant that almost every person she met wanted to take advantage of her. She almost didn't trust Flynn, one of the first people who really cared for her, because she thought he would take advantage of her as soon as he knew what her hair was capable of. And she does not get a happy ending until her hair turns brown. If she had kept it yellow, it would have led her to a life of imprisonment.
"If they were referencing poo, Flynn could've said "its smells like something you would find in a toilet" etc."
Did they even have toilets in the period that movie was set in?
"I would also like to point out, that people who are celebrating the green eyes because they think they have been underrepresented, I believe that is exactly how Blacks felt until Disney produced PATF."
The green eyes bit was a joke. Ariel was the first princess with green eyes. And before the PATF, there was a pretty good debate as to whether or not Tiana really WAS the first "black" princess, or if Kida or Esmeralda counted.
"Everyone would be just as upset if an African American Disney Princess Movie came out and made the evil character dress in white, or made the lightest person in skin tone noticeably evil, YOU would have a problem with it."
There is an entire trope based on that. It's called "Light is Not Good". The entire "Golden Compass" movie was built on that. Arguably "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" used it as well, with Frollo as the villain and the noticeably dark Esmeralda as one of the three heroes. Frollo is one of the most popular Disney villains ever, someone that people love to hate.