Disney Duster wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:07 pm
I am sorry,
Lavendergolden, we have a lot in common and you are nice to me but you are not nice about race and stuff. Was Walt Disney's Cinderella being set in France with the American New Look-inspired gown for the title character cultural appropriation of the German Aschenputtel? Was Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty being set in medieval France cultural appropriation of the German Dornröschen?
I am being honest about race. I think people blindly following this flop film are the ones who are really racist, especially as they tried to hijack the Tangled thread! Tangled is a German classic fairy tale but pests are trying to turn it into the frog thread so I must combat that. Isn't it enough they ruined a German classic fairy tale, The Frog Prince, and now they want to ruin Rapunzel as well? Not on my watch and all good Disney fans should support me on this. Many have already said they do but are afraid of recrimination here because they have been bullied in the past (no surprise who that someone is).
Charles Perrault's Cinderella was French and older than the German Grimms Brothers version. Also Walt's Cinderella even says in the title card to be based off of the Charles Perrault version. Sleeping Beauty, the Perrault version, is also older than the Grimms Brothers version. Perrault lived in the 1600s while the Grimms Brothers lived in the 1700s. Walt's Sleeping Beauty also credits the Perrault French version and uses the Russian ballet which uses the French theming and has all the Perrault characters appear at Sleeping Beauty's wedding (Cinderella, Puss in Boots, White Cat, Red Riding Hood) because they are all distinctly French tales. You also need to remember that Germany and France are right next door. They share elements of culture and stories. Just like how England and France are next door and they have shared regions, territories, and stories. King Arthur is part of French culture as well as England. The Norse gods are Germanic but also Scandinavian. Arabian Nights are shared in the Middle East, Persia, Egypt, South Asia like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc. Much of Japanese culture came from China's Tang Dynasty. Some countries and cultures are inherently linked. Grimms Brothers Frog Prince was never linked to 1920s Jim Crow America.
People are upset with my posts without actually acknowledging the content which means they realize I have the truth and stats on my side but do not want to admit it so they ignore that and just make short posts about feeling upset. The truth should upset. Later I think I will post screenshots of what one of my black friends has posted about the movie so you can see what genuine black sentiment is towards how racist and oppressive this film is, created by an all white crew and directors and writers and songwriters, with no input from the black diaspora. But that does not belong in this thread which has already been hijacked. The only people who are being offended here seem to be white which tells me they are not ready to be schooled on race and understanding that the content they like is racist and outdated. That they can only tolerate black people as frogs for 80% of their movies. Very suspicious here.