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Tangled

My loathing for the “old school” Disney princess (Cinderella, Snow White, et al.) is no secret.  She’s dumber than a bag of hammers and utterly useless as a protagonist. Her only strength is sweetness that can put you in diabetic coma in five seconds flat. And she’s pretty.   Cute, little forest animals love her (which probably means she has fleas), but never mind that, she’s pretty.  Sometimes she hides out with seven little hairy men and cleans their house and washes their skidmarked undies. She waits for her prince to come because good girls never orgasm first.  And they certainly never do anything to save themselves.

Fortunately, Disney heroines have come a long way, baby.  Some more than others.  While I liked Tangled–it’s hard not to–I think Rapunzel is one of modern Disney’s weaker heroines. Weaker is too strong a word, since Rapunzel is smart, inquisitive, artistic and sometimes, driven.

As romances go, however, The Princess and the Frog is a much stronger story. (It’s a stronger story, period.) Especially when (more…)