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To: NorthMountain

Almost every Disney movie involves a child rebelling against their parents.


14 posted on 08/13/2022 7:19:23 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

No, actually, very few Disney movies involve a child rebelling against their parents, or guardians for that matter. Snow White ran away from her stepmother for a very good reason as the latter tried to KILL her. Cinderella never even entertained the thought of rebelling against her stepfamily, either. I guess you could make the argument that Aurora and/or Phillip might have rebelled technically, but I’m not sure dreaming of a prince really counts. Not to mention they were technically adults for that time. Same goes for Dumbo, Jungle Book, Sword and the Stone, etc., etc. Rescuers had the girl, an orphan, being kidnapped by a greedy psychopath, so she doesn’t count. Same goes for Cody in the sequel, who didn’t rebel against his mom, either. Belle didn’t rebel either (I guess the closest thing to an actual rebellion was Chip stowing away in Belle’s handbag). I guess you could say Ariel and Jasmine might have rebelled, but Ariel’s wasn’t exactly treated positively (and quite frankly, only the Ursula deal was an ACTUAL willful rebellion, which was definitely treated as a bad thing. The stuff before that were more OCD-type whims without really thinking).

Besides, Malcolm in the Middle for most of its run had far more actual child rebellions than Disney in its entire history ever did.


16 posted on 08/13/2022 7:24:35 PM PDT by otness_e
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