7 Messed up things you can learn from Disney movies

[Miss_Pixie]

Maybe we're too hard on Disney. After all, they simply remake classic stories in cartoon form. What's not to like?

Well, as you'll see, it all depends on just how much thought you apply to it. Here's seven pretty terrible lessons that Disney films taught us, whether they meant to or not.



#7. The Lion King

Intended Message-We all have responsibilities we can't ignore... And don't trust the creepy Uncle

Actual Message-To be successful, sometimes people gotta die

#6. Cinderella (Seriosly thoes shoes are just impractial)

Intended Message- Dreams DO come true!

Actual Message- Wait around long enough ladies, and the universe will practically hand shit to you

#5. The Little Mermaid (What happened to the Real version here?)

Intended Message- True love conquers all!!!!

Actual Message- Evil is ok so long as it works out in the end

#4 Beauty and the Beast (don't get me wrong, I love this movie but...)

Intended Message- Treat people the way you want to be treated

Actual Message- Underneath his abusive exterior is a heart he's dying to share with you!

**** I mean come on! Nothing Says "I love you" Like house arrest.

#3 The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Intended Message- Don't judge a book by it's cover!

Actual Message- Ugly people neve get happy endings, Even if they're devoted and awesome. Sorry it's just how it is

*Poor Quasimodo, Esmerelda was a slut anyways

#2 Sleeping Beauty

Intended Message- True love will conquer all

Actual Message- If a man saves you, marry him, he HAS to be the one

***I men seriously, if a normal woman wakes up to find a strange man on top of her she's gonna grab the fuckin mace, not start planning a wedding

#1 Fox and the Hound

Intended Message- Even though we're different we can still get along

Actual Message- And by "get along" we mean "don't kill each other." We certainly do not mean "live together." Don't be silly, you belong to different races!

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Ok this concludes my rant on Disney, don't get me wrong, I LOVE Disney movies but if you sit and think about it, some of it's a bit messed up lol. Please no one shoot me!

 

[andy_charles]

Maybe we're too hard on Disney. After all, they simply remake classic stories in cartoon form. What's not to like?

Well, as you'll see, it all depends on just how much thought you apply to it. Here's seven pretty terrible lessons that Disney films taught us, whether they meant to or not.



#7. The Lion King

Intended Message-We all have responsibilities we can't ignore... And don't trust the creepy Uncle

Actual Message-To be successful, sometimes people gotta die

#6. Cinderella (Seriosly thoes shoes are just impractial)

Intended Message- Dreams DO come true!

Actual Message- Wait around long enough ladies, and the universe will practically hand shit to you

#5. The Little Mermaid (What happened to the Real version here?)

Intended Message- True love conquers all!!!!

Actual Message- Evil is ok so long as it works out in the end

#4 Beauty and the Beast (don't get me wrong, I love this movie but...)

Intended Message- Treat people the way you want to be treated

Actual Message- Underneath his abusive exterior is a heart he's dying to share with you!

**** I mean come on! Nothing Says "I love you" Like house arrest.

#3 The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Intended Message- Don't judge a book by it's cover!

Actual Message- Ugly people neve get happy endings, Even if they're devoted and awesome. Sorry it's just how it is

*Poor Quasimodo, Esmerelda was a slut anyways

#2 Sleeping Beauty

Intended Message- True love will conquer all

Actual Message- If a man saves you, marry him, he HAS to be the one

***I men seriously, if a normal woman wakes up to find a strange man on top of her she's gonna grab the fuckin mace, not start planning a wedding

#1 Fox and the Hound

Intended Message- Even though we're different we can still get along

Actual Message- And by "get along" we mean "don't kill each other." We certainly do not mean "live together." Don't be silly, you belong to different races!

_________________________

Ok this concludes my rant on Disney, don't get me wrong, I LOVE Disney movies but if you sit and think about it, some of it's a bit messed up lol. Please no one shoot me!

I love, love, love, LOVE this, Miss_Pixie! Thank you for sharing it, lol.

 

[Miss_Pixie]

Ha no problem.

 

[nerk]

*shoots you, just to prove that I take directions badly*
*but only with a water gun, because who wants to kill just to prove a point?*
*I mean, aside from people who take religion, politics, rejection, money, power or anything else much too seriously*

Disney movies pretty much follow the standard romantic formula, only they do it with cartoons and singing and only the most veiled references to sexuality as a part of romance. Generally people in romances do things that would earn them a restraining order or worse in the real world, but it's OK because in the end, True Love wins.

The lesson romantic movies (and novels, etc.) teach us, is to make sure the one we stalk, abduct and abuse is our one true love. It's a fine line between Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down! and Fatal Attraction.

Maybe we're too hard on Disney. After all, they simply remake classic stories in cartoon form. What's not to like?

Well, as you'll see, it all depends on just how much thought you apply to it. Here's seven pretty terrible lessons that Disney films taught us, whether they meant to or not.



#7. The Lion King

Intended Message-We all have responsibilities we can't ignore... And don't trust the creepy Uncle

Actual Message-To be successful, sometimes people gotta die

#6. Cinderella (Seriosly thoes shoes are just impractial)

Intended Message- Dreams DO come true!

Actual Message- Wait around long enough ladies, and the universe will practically hand shit to you

#5. The Little Mermaid (What happened to the Real version here?)

Intended Message- True love conquers all!!!!

Actual Message- Evil is ok so long as it works out in the end

#4 Beauty and the Beast (don't get me wrong, I love this movie but...)

Intended Message- Treat people the way you want to be treated

Actual Message- Underneath his abusive exterior is a heart he's dying to share with you!

**** I mean come on! Nothing Says "I love you" Like house arrest.

#3 The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Intended Message- Don't judge a book by it's cover!

Actual Message- Ugly people neve get happy endings, Even if they're devoted and awesome. Sorry it's just how it is

*Poor Quasimodo, Esmerelda was a slut anyways

#2 Sleeping Beauty

Intended Message- True love will conquer all

Actual Message- If a man saves you, marry him, he HAS to be the one

***I men seriously, if a normal woman wakes up to find a strange man on top of her she's gonna grab the fuckin mace, not start planning a wedding

#1 Fox and the Hound

Intended Message- Even though we're different we can still get along

Actual Message- And by "get along" we mean "don't kill each other." We certainly do not mean "live together." Don't be silly, you belong to different races!

_________________________

Ok this concludes my rant on Disney, don't get me wrong, I LOVE Disney movies but if you sit and think about it, some of it's a bit messed up lol. Please no one shoot me!

 

[TE999]

Max Fleischer (He of the Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman and Koko the Clown cartoons) once referred to Disney cartoons as 'animated oil paintings'. Given Walt's middle-west, small town morality, it's not surprising that his ovure is sanitized depitions of more gritty 'fairy tales' and reworked depictions of history. The Main Streets in Disney theme parks Magic Kingdoms are themselves a homage to small towns that never were.

I've always preferred Fleischer's, MGM's and Warner Bros. cartoons to Disney's 'cutesy' productions. Some of the Disney full length cartoons are excellent examples of the film cartoonists art, but the plots leave a lot to be desired.

Nice post, Pixie.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I hate to rain on anyone's parade, here, but number 7 is dead true. *runs claws over razor strop until the tips have a mirror polish.*

 

[3113]

Actually, I think there are a few more, much more important messages that you totally missed because you were fixated on the romance part. For exampled....

#5. The Lion King

It's okay to run from the scene of a crime (that you think you committed) and let yourself be raised by a pair of losers if, in the end, you let the desire for some sexy girl lure you back home eventually

#4. Cinderella

Don't ever think of leaving home and being independent no matter how badly your family treats you. Do what they say, and stick it out. You'll be rewarded in the end

#3. The Little Mermaid (What happened to the Real version here?)
The real version's message is: if you want to go to heaven, sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice...and you'll live happily ever after watching everyone but yourself get what you wanted back on Earth.

The Disney version may not be all that great, but at least she gets the guy in the end. Hans Christian Anderson was one of those Victorian masochists.

#2. Beauty and the Beast

Have a little contempt for provincial towns

I mean what? Is she kidding? This is France! Do you know what kind of delicious food they've got in those towns???

#1. Sleeping Beauty--Same message as Snow White

Handsome young men should be willing to kiss dead girls

And, as a bonus....

0. Pocahontus

If you've a magical tree that can do all kinds of amazing stuff...don't bother asking it for help if invaders start killing off your tribe. You wouldn't want to feel like you had an unfair advantage over their guns...

 

[Miss_Pixie]

Max Fleischer (He of the Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman and Koko the Clown cartoons) once referred to Disney cartoons as 'animated oil paintings'. Given Walt's middle-west, small town morality, it's not surprising that his ovure is sanitized depitions of more gritty 'fairy tales' and reworked depictions of history. The Main Streets in Disney theme parks Magic Kingdoms are themselves a homage to small towns that never were.

I've always preferred Fleischer's, MGM's and Warner Bros. cartoons to Disney's 'cutesy' productions. Some of the Disney full length cartoons are excellent examples of the film cartoonists art, but the plots leave a lot to be desired.

Nice post, Pixie.

Thanks lol. As much as I hate to admit it I'm the disney scholar among my friends. I spent a lot of time watching these movies with kids I babysat... in a selectivly moral midwest town....

I personally prefer to re write them and make them X-Rated now lol

 

[Miss_Pixie]

0. Pocahontus

If you've a magical tree that can do all kinds of amazing stuff...don't bother asking it for help if invaders start killing off your tribe. You wouldn't want to feel like you had an unfair advantage over their guns...

That and John Smith is sexy....

 

[Stella_Omega]

That and John Smith is sexy....

That and it's perfectly okay for a thirty-year old man to have a romance with an eleven year old girl, as long as both of then can sing real good... or something like that. And as long as he's drawn younger and she's drawn older than they really are.

(In the real world, Smith did NOT have a love affair with Pocahontas at all.)

Oh, and "painting with all the colors of the wind" is second nature if you happen to be NA, but all those European painters were missing something.

I mean-- there are thousands of valid reasons why the English treatment of the First Nations is shameful. Trust Disney to trivialise the whole issue.

 

[cloudy]

I mean-- there are thousands of valid reasons why the English treatment of the First Nations is shameful. Trust Disney to trivialise the whole issue.

I you.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Think about the lessons little boys are learning.

Men are either monsters, idiots, or named Charming.

 

[Miss_Pixie]

That and it's perfectly okay for a thirty-year old man to have a romance with an eleven year old girl, as long as both of then can sing real good... or something like that. And as long as he's drawn younger and she's drawn older than they really are.

(In the real world, Smith did NOT have a love affair with Pocahontas at all.)

Oh, and "painting with all the colors of the wind" is second nature if you happen to be NA, but all those European painters were missing something.

I mean-- there are thousands of valid reasons why the English treatment of the First Nations is shameful. Trust Disney to trivialise the whole issue.

Native Americans, Fighting terrorism since 1492

 

[cloudy]

Native Americans, Fighting terrorism since 1492

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mcsMJ05Q5Ok/So5LAYcgxoI/AAAAAAAABbA/0A72GfL3LrY/s400/political-pictures-geronimo-illegal-aliens.jpg

 

[Stella_Omega]

Think about the lessons little boys are learning.

Men are either monsters, idiots, or named Charming.

Disney men and women tend to be pretty equal in the idiocy department, taken film by film.

Princess Jasmin was mildly autonomous, and Sinbad was pretty upstanding as a young male type of guy.

I have deep doubts -- and a vague hope-- about the upcoming "Tangled" which is Disney's version of Rapunzel. A tough one to bring to film because our heroine is merely that-- waiting in her tower untill some dude comes and saves her, not much in the way of action. So Disney has focused on the prince, in an effort to get the boys interested in a Disney Princess genre film. I've heard some of the animators ranting about it, but I've also seen some stills that looked intriguing from my personal anti-het-normative viewpoint... We shall see.

 

[Miss_Pixie]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mcsMJ05Q5Ok/So5LAYcgxoI/AAAAAAAABbA/0A72GfL3LrY/s400/political-pictures-geronimo-illegal-aliens.jpg

I have a shirt somewhere with a Conquistador on it and on the back it says bury your Riches and hide your bitches, the white man's coming.

I never wore it, but I did take it to my US History Teacher

 

[cloudy]

I have a shirt somewhere with a Conquistador on it and on the back it says bury your Riches and hide your bitches, the white man's coming.

I never wore it, but I did take it to my US History Teacher

I have a bumper sticker that says "Custer had it coming," and then a couple of t-shirts that never fail to piss someone off.

One says "Custer died for your sins," and the other says "It's an NDN thing, you wouldn't understand" (that one's old).

 

[Stella_Omega]

I have a shirt somewhere with a Conquistador on it and on the back it says bury your Riches and hide your bitches, the white man's coming.

I never wore it, but I did take it to my US History Teacher

La Malinche/La Chingada

 

[3113]

Think about the lessons little boys are learning.

Men are either monsters, idiots, or named Charming.

And like to kiss dead girls!

 

[TE999]

Disney men and women tend to be pretty equal in the idiocy department, taken film by film.

Princess Jasmin was mildly autonomous, and Sinbad was pretty upstanding as a young male type of guy.

I have deep doubts -- and a vague hope-- about the upcoming "Tangled" which is Disney's version of Rapunzel. A tough one to bring to film because our heroine is merely that-- waiting in her tower untill some dude comes and saves her, not much in the way of action. So Disney has focused on the prince, in an effort to get the boys interested in a Disney Princess genre film. I've heard some of the animators ranting about it, but I've also seen some stills that looked intriguing from my personal anti-het-normative viewpoint... We shall see.

I've seen the trailers and read some of the gossip for 'Tangled' and it appears not to be your typical 'fair maiden' Disney flic...she has controllable locks al la Medusa in Marvel Comics and seems to be a take charge woman...she may have the hots for the thief that invades her tower, but she's not taking any crap from him.

I also think it's in drawn 'cel' animation, which IMO is superior to the computer generated variety...although I heartily enjoy Pixar's offerings.

 

[TE999]

I have a bumper sticker that says "Custer had it coming," and then a couple of t-shirts that never fail to piss someone off.

One says "Custer died for your sins," and the other says "It's an NDN thing, you wouldn't understand" (that one's old).

How 'bout the bumper stickers reading "Custer wore Arrow shirts" and "Honk if you remember Little Big Horn"?

 

[Stella_Omega]

I've seen the trailers and read some of the gossip for 'Tangled' and it appears not to be your typical 'fair maiden' Disney flic...she has controllable locks al la Medusa in Marvel Comics and seems to be a take charge woman...she may have the hots for the thief that invades her tower, but she's not taking any crap from him.

I also think it's in drawn 'cel' animation, which IMO is superior to the computer generated variety...although I heartily enjoy Pixar's offerings.

Yeah-- the first cell I saw had the prince tied to a chair with her locks, grinning sheepishly, while she stood over him with her hands on her hips. FemmeDomme ahoy!

 

[Miss_Pixie]

Honk If Disney gave you unrealistic standards for men

 

[3113]

A tough one to bring to film because our heroine is merely that-- waiting in her tower untill some dude comes and saves her, not much in the way of action. So Disney has focused on the prince

I'm gonna cut them slack on the changes they made on this one as it is a tough one. The Prince is actually a rogue, and it looks like Repunzel's hair does more than just act as a ladder--it lets her engage in some bondage play

Check it out.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Honk If Disney gave you unrealistic standards for men

Honk if you never wanted to be a Disney Princess.