Disney's Cinderella...
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shadowkatIs a very oddly told tale. And an incredibly beautiful piece of animation - considering no computers and all the cells were individually drawn, a feat.
But it is told mainly through the points of view of mice, birds, and the Prince's father. Cinderella and her Prince are sort of on the periphery. In fact 60% of the film is the mice trying to avoid the evil Stepmother's nasty fat cat Lucifer. The animals don't really talk though, well except for the mice.
The romance is dreamlike...told through lullaby like songs. But the main focus is on the comedic characters of the Prince's father, the King who wants grandchildren and his aide de camp, and the
Cinderella's pet mice who will do anything to help her.
It's so odd.
A clip:
An aside on Aladdin...Jonathan Freeman's voice is bit similar to Jeremy Irons in the Lion King...and Irons apparently has made a career of playing slinky voiced villains.
But it is told mainly through the points of view of mice, birds, and the Prince's father. Cinderella and her Prince are sort of on the periphery. In fact 60% of the film is the mice trying to avoid the evil Stepmother's nasty fat cat Lucifer. The animals don't really talk though, well except for the mice.
The romance is dreamlike...told through lullaby like songs. But the main focus is on the comedic characters of the Prince's father, the King who wants grandchildren and his aide de camp, and the
Cinderella's pet mice who will do anything to help her.
It's so odd.
A clip:
An aside on Aladdin...Jonathan Freeman's voice is bit similar to Jeremy Irons in the Lion King...and Irons apparently has made a career of playing slinky voiced villains.
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Re: LOL
Date: 2013-01-22 01:34 am (UTC)I think so much is based on the context of the time period. In the 1960s and 1970s...colorblind casting was sort of rare. If persons of color were cast - their race was constantly referred to.
Song of the South...could be read more than one way, depending on your point of view - much like Huckleberry Finn. At the time...it was actually fairly progressive. Now, it comes across as racist as it may well have to various people back then.
The story was about an old man, Uncle Remus, who told morality tales to a bunch of children black and white. It wasn't until I read social criticism of it years later that I saw the racial undertones. As a six-seven year old child, I merely saw an old man telling morality stories or parables about animals. It's not all that different than Cinderella. I saw it as a tale about a bunch of animals who help a poor girl obtain her dreams, by working together - it wasn't until years later that I saw the other message - my focus was on the mice defeating Lucifier the cat - when I saw it as a child.
I think people forget that they bring their own perception to the work.
We interact with it.
Gone with the Wind - same deal, it is quite racist actually. But as a child I just saw a romance. As an adult I saw the racism.