What I didn't much like about Disney's Little Mermaid (other than the, yeah, "give up your voice -- your power, ability to protest, to have and express an opinion -- and be eyecandy for luuuuuv" crap) was that Ariel wasn't exactly a great role model as it was. She started out irresponsible ("oh, the concert, my father's going to kill me!"), went into downright criminal (I'm pretty sure that "don't go to the surface" rule was a national law, not a private parental rule), continued through to having dealings with political enemies or whatever Ursula was... and then there was that nice message of "let's see, family who loves me, or guy who might be nothing more than a hot jerk -- obviously, hot jerk wins". She couldn't even grab her father's staff and crown and blast the bejeezus out of Ursula when she was RIGHT THERE. And she still got her so-called happy ending? So not cool, Disney. So not cool.
Personally, for fairy tales to read, I much preferred The Snow Queen, The Bluebird, and The Robber's Bride when I was a kid.
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Date: 30 Nov 2010 10:38 pm (UTC)Personally, for fairy tales to read, I much preferred The Snow Queen, The Bluebird, and The Robber's Bride when I was a kid.