Comments on: My Beef with Disney http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/ Behind the scenes with moms of today Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:25:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ginger http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Ginger Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:31:01 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-2099 Have you ever noticed that most mian characters in a Disney movie are seperated from one or both parents by some form of misfortune. Cinderella, parents die. Snow White, parents death resulting in evil step mother. Bell, held against her will in order to protect her father and oh yes, her mother is deceased. I think you get the picture. Think about it. See how many Disney characters you can name that are with both parents through the entire movie. Have you ever noticed that most mian characters in a Disney movie are seperated from one or both parents by some form of misfortune. Cinderella, parents die. Snow White, parents death resulting in evil step mother. Bell, held against her will in order to protect her father and oh yes, her mother is deceased. I think you get the picture. Think about it. See how many Disney characters you can name that are with both parents through the entire movie.

]]> By: Woga Gartenpavillon http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Woga Gartenpavillon Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:10:06 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-1991 I was really curious on what's your beef with disney when i read the title. Well it's a good thing my son is not into disney pincesses. But he adores mickey mouse and friends. If you guys watched shrek 3, you'll have a different view on these princesses. I was really curious on what’s your beef with disney when i read the title. Well it’s a good thing my son is not into disney pincesses. But he adores mickey mouse and friends.

If you guys watched shrek 3, you’ll have a different view on these princesses.

]]> By: Nanette http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 Nanette Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:13:10 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-1970 This is a great article that made me laugh and think. In one aspect it is quite amusing but in another it is quite true. <abbr><em>Nanettes last blog post..<a href="http://amomblog.com/2009/01/freebie-new-years-success-pack/">Freebie - New Years Success Pack</a></abbr></em> This is a great article that made me laugh and think. In one aspect it is quite amusing but in another it is quite true.

Nanettes last blog post..Freebie – New Years Success Pack

]]> By: Audra Pettit http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Audra Pettit Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:04:57 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-1942 Thank you for your responses everyone! And James, the answer is yes, I am meant to be taken lightly. I really do enjoy and appreciate Disney's ability to bring these traditional stories to life for children, even if I get frustrated with some of the messages sent to girls. I have a beautiful 60 year old +, leather copy of the Grimm's Fairy tales that my mother read to me as a child (and censored them along the way...) so I am familiar with the original tellings of these adapted stories. I believe the stories were orginally intended for adults, if I remember correctly. Also, I think Little Mermaid is actually adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen tale. Thanks again for your comments! Audra Pettit Thank you for your responses everyone!

And James, the answer is yes, I am meant to be taken lightly. I really do enjoy and appreciate Disney’s ability to bring these traditional stories to life for children, even if I get frustrated with some of the messages sent to girls. I have a beautiful 60 year old +, leather copy of the Grimm’s Fairy tales that my mother read to me as a child (and censored them along the way…) so I am familiar with the original tellings of these adapted stories. I believe the stories were orginally intended for adults, if I remember correctly.

Also, I think Little Mermaid is actually adapted from a Hans Christian Andersen tale.

Thanks again for your comments!
Audra Pettit

]]> By: ethel wynard-nadzo http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-947 ethel wynard-nadzo Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:15:41 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-947 At last someone who has voiced what I have been unable to articulate,,,Dora is the only Disney character allowed in my house...thankfully my girls now gravitate towards characters like Fifi...she is very confident and in control, Peppa Pig...again a very confident and outspoken young lady, Little princess and Bob the Builder...there is Wendy of course who runs the office and is a dab hand at building....need I say more? At last someone who has voiced what I have been unable to articulate,,,Dora is the only Disney character allowed in my house…thankfully my girls now gravitate towards characters like Fifi…she is very confident and in control, Peppa Pig…again a very confident and outspoken young lady, Little princess and Bob the Builder…there is Wendy of course who runs the office and is a dab hand at building….need I say more?

]]> By: james http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-216 james Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:06:44 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-216 i believe that you meant to be taken lightly, and not at all serious. I mean, you MUST know that Disney never AUTHORED these stories, that they were myths, legends and fairy tales centuries before Disney? your critiques of the stories themselves were humorous, though. But Aesop, Alexander, the Brothers Grimm and others are credited for collecting, even if even THEY were not the ORIGINAL storytellers themselves.... the one exception, i think, is the little mermaid- simply because i have no recollection of reading that particular story apart from Disney, I suppose i should credit them with it. therefore, i would offer that the little Mermaid is a romeo and juliet rebellion/ romance with a twisted tail thrown in, and an appropriate Disney-esque happy ever after....why not? i believe that you meant to be taken lightly, and not at all serious.
I mean, you MUST know that Disney never AUTHORED these stories, that they were myths, legends and fairy tales centuries before Disney?

your critiques of the stories themselves were humorous, though.
But Aesop, Alexander, the Brothers Grimm and others are credited for collecting, even if even THEY were not the ORIGINAL storytellers themselves….

the one exception, i think, is the little mermaid- simply because i have no recollection of reading that particular story apart from Disney, I suppose i should credit them with it.
therefore, i would offer that the little Mermaid is a romeo and juliet rebellion/ romance with a twisted tail thrown in, and an appropriate Disney-esque happy ever after….why not?

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/749/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Jacqueline Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:39:20 +0000 http://www.mommiesmagazine.com/my-beef-with-disney/1462/#comment-217 I'm with you on the Disney thing - the only movie I ever thought bypassed the whole Prince Charming thing was the Lion King. And I still think that the Lion King is excellent! I’m with you on the Disney thing – the only movie I ever thought bypassed the whole Prince Charming thing was the Lion King. And I still think that the Lion King is excellent!

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