The Little Mermaid (1989) is an animated, musical, fantasy based film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It was released on November 15th, 1989.…
As the film American Beauty, released in 1999, comes to a close, Lester Burnham final arrives at peace as he realizes the beauty that is depicted in the title. Be as is may, he is suddenly met with his ultimate demise, but not before his penultimate realization. Although this film is coming upon nearly two decades old, the cinematography cannot be undermined, nor can the message as it becomes ever increasingly relevant in today’s society. For that, American Beauty is the quintessential movie that should be revered in the canon of great films. Constantly throughout the film, the recurring idea of beauty brings eventual peace upon some, while others are met with harsh realities; for them, the American dream becomes quite simply, a nightmare.…
Widely regarded as one of Disney’s more recognised films, the 1991 film version of Beauty and the beast, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, is based on the French fairy tale where a beautiful woman falls deeply in love with a beast. The original, La Belle et la Bete was published in 1740 by Madame de Villeneuve, however, was then edited and rewritten by Madame Leprince de Beaumont in 1757. The tale has gone through many varied and imaginative incarnations, however, it still remains persistent with the themes of envy unrewarded, learning to love what may at first appear as a ‘beast’ and the benefits which virtue and selflessness will give on the individual (Pook Press, 2017).…
Tatar suggests that Madame de Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” demonstrates her desire to turn the fairy tale into “parables of instructions”. This is to display vehicles for indoctrinating and enlightening children about the virtues of good manners, good breeding, and good behavior. Throughout Beaumont’s tale, Belle begins to learn such virtues. She gains such virtues from the willingness to sacrifice herself. Belle sacrifices herself and agrees to marry Beast in order to save her father and prove her feelings for him. We can also observe Belle begin to value essences over appearances. She states: “It is neither good looks nor great wit that makes a woman happy with her husband, but character, virtue, and…
young, from the likes of Beauty and The Beast to Snow White. In today’s world of kids’ films, I…
Disney is said to be “the happiest place on earth,” but taking a closer look at the real message of Disney’s animated films make writers as well as parents hesitate. In chapter three of The Mouse That Roared by Henry A. Giroux, Giroux writes about the huge industry of Disney and how the animated movies send out messages to kids that might not be the best. In this chapter Giroux talks about how most of Disney’s 1990 movies portray sexist, racism, and evil vs. good; and in writing this Giroux is trying to bring to attention that Disney is not as innocent as everyone sees it to be. When reading this chapter I thought that most of these controversies…
Transitioning on from the perspective of a communications graduate, we move on to see how gendered roles are portrayed in Disney Princess movies and how they affect young children, from the perspective of a psychology graduate. Katie Lopreore, the psychology graduate from Middle Tennessee State University, writes about how the influences of the Disney Princess films shape children through their gendered characteristics, in her journal Gender roles portrayals of modern Disney royalty: stereotypical or androgynous? Lopreore starts off with an evaluation on how many children are exposed to the Disney Princess culture, she writes “Disney brand, found that 97% of children they surveyed between ages 2-11 years old were familiar with Cinderella, one…
On the subject of hate and different beliefs, I have some evidence and experience with all of that fun stuff. As I read throughout the unit, I found so many examples of what hate is and how many forms it takes. After reading the stories in the unit, I can conclude that hate is in every single one of them because it takes on forms like jealousy, greed, sadness, and anger. For example in the Lady and the tiger, it shows a lot of jealousy and a strain between two decisions.…
Disney movies have become the new family amusement. This films are made for young children because of what they demonstrate. When children watch Disney movies, especially young girls, it can affect their understanding on how they should act at a young age. Snow White is a tale about a young beautiful girl who lives with her stepmother, the queen. Snow White’s beauty triggers her stepmother to be jealous of her, and the queen orders for the murder of her innocent stepdaughter. Later she discovers that Snow White is still alive and hiding in a cottage with seven friendly little miners. Disguising herself as an old-women, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince. Today's new lifestyle is teaching young girls that their beauty is more valuable than…
The fairy tale is one of the most common and worldwide types of children’s entertainment through centuries. According to Marcia R. Lieberman, the effects are gargantuan, as she relates: “Children learn behavioral and associational patterns, value systems, and how to predict the consequences of specific acts or circumstances. Among other things, these tales present a picture of sexual roles, behavior, and psychology, and a way of predicting outcome or fate according to sex, which is important because of the intense interest that children take in ‘endings’; they always want to know how things will ‘turn out.’”(Lieberman 384). Likewise, fairy tales teach children not only the ordinary lessons, such as good behavior is rewarded and bad behavior is punished, but also traditional gender roles, as well as what class, race, and is valued in our society. Especially, for girls, many fairy tales tend to determine a woman’s value on her beauty and their gender behavior through the female characters such as princesses they want to be.…
This Disney movie is appropriate for all ages. Including adults, small children, teens and tweens it’s great. Your probably sitting there thinking she’s nuts but trust me. Its not a cartoon or they don’t talk in whiny voices it’s an over exaggerated, enthusiastic way to show high school. How we all wished it went. However you are probably wondering how can I get a three year old to watch this entire movie? I used to think the same thing but that’s in til I watched the movie with my cousin who’s three. And she LOVED it! I asked her why and she told me she liked it when they danced and she wanted to be just like Sharpay because she’s sassy. For younger boys give them the incentive of they play basketball in it. Its not just for girls. Its for everyone!…
5. I have noticed examples of gender stereotyping in The Beauty and the Beast and in Cinderella. In beauty of the Beast, the beast is meant to be the man who is in control and tells the woman what to do. In Cinderella, Cinderella tries to seduce a man to better her living conditions and find a better life. I find that gender stereotyping is more pronounced in depictions of female characters. Most of the Disney films I have seen show the female characters to be overly…
In the movie Maleficent the main character makes decisions that have a large negative connotation in the plot. She also made other decisions that contradicted her actions. People argue that she was a villain but other says she was a great hero. The viewer might think she was a great hero but also an evil ruler. The decisions she made as a person doesn’t make the viewer think she is bad but she did horrible things and she can’t change that.…
In today's America, gender roles are always a hot topic for debate and under constant pressure for reformation. People's disagreement and confusion stem from different views of what a gender role should be, and just as important but often overlooked, what a gender role currently is. Who are the people that are pushing for reform, and have we already reached the point where things have gone too far? You may be surprised.…
The best-known version of beauty and the Beast, popularized as usual through Disney, is Madame de Beaumont’s version. In this story, a young girl named Beauty volunteers to become a prisoner of the Beast in exchange…