Super Aurora, I'm curious to know why "[you] can't help but laugh...at me for my reasoning".
Goliath, my opinions are indeed influenced by my own psychological, etc., experiences, but they are also influenced by attitudes and behaviors that I've seen in American society.
With regards to the rude kiss between Esmeralda and Phoebus, it's my opinion that said kiss is only deemed to be "normal" because it represents the behavior of an American society that usually dares not step "outside of the box." Of COURSE Esmeralda and Phoebus are gonna smell like roses in a society that has never been ready to accept certain people. For the record, I am as conflicted, with regards to that subject, as anybody else is. I think that those who are "normal" will celebrate the fact that they are normal, and that those who are not "normal" will always try to be "normal", because the desire to be "normal" is as biological as it is social. I only think that if Disney had pushed the envelope, with regards to "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", they could've discouraged shallowness, at least.
With regards to Disney Duster, and with regards to me, we both seem to be the "Popular Unpopulars". Unfortunate? Yes. Surprising? Not really.
Linden, I don't really dislike Jane Porter herself. I think that her personality is interesting, and that her overall, era-correct look is cool.
To that end, I think that MOST of Esmeralda's personality is cool, too! She just wasn't quite there, with regards to making REAL social waves.
Wonderlicious, I wasn't at all offended by the "offensive" avatar. In the world of adult entertainment, animated children are NOT actually considered to be minors, and therefore, they are considered to be "safe", with regards to weather or not it's appropriate to fantasize about them. I don't have an adult entertainment career, but I have a few Disney images that are not at all innocent, and I am by no means offended by them.
Like I've said before, Walt Disney wasn't blind to the fact that eroticism existed.
I don't think that either Alice or Pinocchio were immune to curiosity. With regards to Alice, one need only think about the intriguing Lewis Carroll to see how logical the "Alice in Wonderland"/ erotica connection is.
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With regards to Snow White, I am slightly surprised by the amount of dislike that there is for her. Then again, I am biased. I live in mining country. The story of "Snow White" was the first fairy tale that I was really obsessed with when I was young. I didn't see Disney's movie version of the story until I was 14, because my mother was always afraid that I'd be afraid of the movie's scarier aspects, but I loved all things that had anything whatsoever to do with Disney's, or anybody else's "Snow White" story. I sang all of Snow White's songs when I was as young as 3 or 4 (?), trying to imitate Cassalotti's voice perfectly. I had a Snow White costume, even though I was a brown-eyed BLONDE. I still have a video tape of myself (dressed as Snow White) singing in front of Grandma's bedroom mirror.
I realize that Adriana Cassalotti's voice sounds weird to modern ears, because it was stylistically representative of a Depression era America that prized voices like those of Shirley Temple over voices like those of Britney Spears. My grandmother, who was a young teen when "Snow White" was released, is someone whom I could imagine saying "Oooh. YOU must be Grumpy." just as Snow White said it, because she is a direct product of that era.
So, what's cool about Snow White? Why is she NOT exactly the bland, boring little OCD, "pretty pretty princess" that so many people think her to be?
Well, she has put up with a TON of child neglect, and the only tradeable/ marketable skill that she has is that of cleaning. She's actually pretty enterprising, with regards to the fact that she is smart, and determined enough to drive a solid bribe with the dwarfs. She'll use her cleaning skills if they'll be her bodyguards. She doesn't necessarily LOVE doing housework, but she knows how to use her skills to get what she wants.
Snow White isn't exactly passive, either. She displays some dominance that nearly puts her in the realm of S&M. She's willing to starve the dwarfs unless they conform to her standards of cleanliness, and she lines them up, Mistress/ Sub-style, in order to examine their hands; she has the nagging, the finger-pointing, and the sweet version of Nurse Ratched down to a science. She IS rather OCD, but that's not exactly so bad, because at least the dwarfs will finally be clean, even if their thoughts about Snow White aren't so clean.
Snow White IS a stereotypically 1930s version of femininity (Ie: "I'm going to change you rough guys. I'm gonna perfume the room with pink, and I'm gonna put you under the powder puff until you faint to my every whim.", passive-aggressive dominance of the domestic diva, etc.)
Then again, she's rather poetic. I know that everything is a rhymey-cutesy poem with her, but, hey, at least she has a way with words.
She's also a devoted Christian. Cleanliness might come before Godliness, but Godliness is there, too.
Snow White knows how to balance religion with desire, fear with the act of moving onto a better life. She may be slightly erratic, and she may be a slight user (Ie: She charms seven guys, while telling them of her desire to be swept away by Mr. Right but Absent), but she's at least able to bring Grumpy's sweet/ slightly naughty side to life.
Thank you in advance for your replies.
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