After Tangled, Disney Animation is closing the book on fairy tales.
Dear Failbots currently heading up Disney,
If you don’t feel that princesses draw enough of a crowd because kids are more interested in Transformers and Iron Man, then here’s a thought. Instead of closing the book on princess movies, write the damn princess who is a kickass heroine who has depth and is compelling, give her an interesting plot and surround her with other memorable characters. Tiana was awesome but her sidekicks weren't memorable at all, and we totally noticed you recycling the crocodile animation from Peter Pan. Don't even front. (Better song selection would be nice too.)
If the times are changing, then change with the times and update your princesses and give them stories that are just as awesome as the ones you give the boys. Don’t abandon them. Write better stories.
Also, I find the idea that the correct response to little girls wanting to be hot at the age of 5 or 6 is to encourage that instead of giving them alternatives to be very disturbing. If that is what society values right now, then don't take away alternative narratives. IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. Don't take away the possibility of little girls finding their own Mulan, Jasmine, Belle, Tiana or [insert favorite Disney princess here].
BOYS ALREADY GET EVERYTHING. LET US HAVE THIS.
No love,
the management
Dear Failbots currently heading up Disney,
If you don’t feel that princesses draw enough of a crowd because kids are more interested in Transformers and Iron Man, then here’s a thought. Instead of closing the book on princess movies, write the damn princess who is a kickass heroine who has depth and is compelling, give her an interesting plot and surround her with other memorable characters. Tiana was awesome but her sidekicks weren't memorable at all, and we totally noticed you recycling the crocodile animation from Peter Pan. Don't even front. (Better song selection would be nice too.)
If the times are changing, then change with the times and update your princesses and give them stories that are just as awesome as the ones you give the boys. Don’t abandon them. Write better stories.
Also, I find the idea that the correct response to little girls wanting to be hot at the age of 5 or 6 is to encourage that instead of giving them alternatives to be very disturbing. If that is what society values right now, then don't take away alternative narratives. IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. Don't take away the possibility of little girls finding their own Mulan, Jasmine, Belle, Tiana or [insert favorite Disney princess here].
BOYS ALREADY GET EVERYTHING. LET US HAVE THIS.
No love,
the management