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The most recent animated features I bought are The Black Cauldron and the Mickey's Christmas cartoons. I don't care for Disney animated features of the last twenty years. I know they are all big blockbusters, but I am uncomfortable with the underlying gender-role criticism going on, which is typical of Hollywood product today. Some of you will understand what I mean. Those of you who don't, fine, don't worry about. But I haven't bought a single animated feature made in the last twenty years because of this trend.

Richard--W wrote:The most recent animated features I bought are The Black Cauldron and the Mickey's Christmas cartoons. I don't care for Disney animated features of the last twenty years. I know they are all big blockbusters, but I am uncomfortable with the underlying gender-role criticism going on, which is typical of Hollywood product today. Some of you will understand what I mean. Those of you who don't, fine, don't worry about. But I haven't bought a single animated feature made in the last twenty years because of this trend.

I think I understand: you don't like the little touch of feminism apparent in several of the blockbusters from the ninetees? Is it really so bad to take that several Disney heroines speak their own mind, opposing their male counterparts now and then, and and that on several occasions it's the lady who saves the man and not the other way around? Well, I think it's your loss and I'm afraid you're in for much more uncomfortable things then, and not just in Hollywood products but in the real world too.