Ladies and Gentlemen who are Disney Fans to Walt Disney. What you are about to read are questions and answers for this topic, to give you an idea about what Disney has accomplished through animated movies on female titles. Here we go.
1. Did Disney change any fairy tale titles that are girlish into:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - The Seven Dwarfs
Cinderella - The Glass Slipper
Alice in Wonderland - Wonderland
Lady and the Tramp - Puppy Love
Sleeping Beauty - The Spinning Wheel
The Little Mermaid - Sea Free
Beauty and the Beast - The Beast
Pocahontas - John Smith
Mulan - The Hero
Lilo and Stitch - My Pet Stitch
The Princess and the Frog - The Frog Prince
Answer: No.
Reason: When Disney adapts fairy tales with girlish titles into
animated movies, they did not change the title. Instead,
they stick to girlish titles, and arrange stories to make fairy
tales more interesting than typical.
2. IF it is true that Disney did not change any fairy tale titles that are
girlish, then why did they do it on their 50th animated movie,
"Rapunzel," based on a Grimm fairy tale?
Answer: Disney changed the title from "Rapunzel" to "Tangled,"
because their 49th animated movie, "The Princess and the
Frog," did not do as well as Disney hoped it did.
Reason: Disney believes that "The Princess and the Frog" was
prejudged by the word, "princess," which causes boys to not
see the movie. As a result, Disney decided to animation
through drastic measures, starting by changing the title, and
create a male lead that fits to the title, instead of having a
female lead. Disney's mission is to get the boys to see their
next animated production without the girlish title, especially
sticking to it. Still based on a fairy tale, but in a new,
modern way than classical.
3. IF it is true that the boys do not want to see "The Princess and
the Frog" because of the name that is too girlish, how would the boys
know that the movie would be no good to them without actually seeing
the movie, instead of prejudging over the name than the story itself?
Answer: UNKNOWN.
Reason: UNKNOWN.
Jeff Polizzi's Opinion: The boys need to "Dig a Little Deeper (according
to the song from "The Princess and the Frog")"
on the story than the title, because the story is
the most important detail that fits to the title.
However, the only way that an animated movie
can be too girlish is if Disney made the story too
girlish. But through Disney's experience when it
comes to adapting fairy tales into animated
movies, they are all family. Never boyish or
girlish, just family.
Bonus Question 1: When Ed Catmull, the president of Pixar and Walt
Disney animation studios, says, “We did not want to be
put in a box…Some people might assume it’s a fairy
tale for girls when it’s not. We make movies to be
appreciated and loved by everybody,” what do you
believe the box could represent?
a. The box of sticking to female titles, and make the story stronger to
support that title.
b. The box of failure-ship.
c. The box of neglect from the audience.
d. The box from the Cameron Diaz movie, "The Box."
e. Choice 'a' and 'c.'
f. Choice 'b' and 'd.'
g. None of the above.
Jeff Polizzi's answer: F.
Reason: Disney's animated movies always top it off, even though it
has girlish titles, especially when they are family.
Bonus Question 2: According to Floyd Norman, the retired Disney and
Pixar animator, he says, "The idea of changing the title
of a classic like ‘Rapunzel’ to ‘Tangled’ is beyond
stupid. I’m still hoping that Disney will eventually
regain their sanity and return the title of their movie to
what it should be. I’m convinced they’ll gain nothing
from this except the public seeing Disney as
desperately trying to find an audience." Do you
believe that he is right?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Unknown
Jeff Polizzi's answer: A.
Reason: He understands that Walt Disney never changes titles when
adapting fairy tales into animated movies. Disney always
arranges stories to make fairy tales interesting than typical.