How the Political Change Regarding Sexuality has
Started Altering Children’s Movies Today Within the last decade, the political landscape concerning sexuality has changed immensely. With this change, children’s movies have started to reflect the newer culture. This paper will analyze the Disney movies: Brave and Tangled. Although these movies are both primarily heteronormal, one considerably more than the other, they both display a sense of progressiveness in some areas, especially in empowering women.
OBSERVATIONS OF TANGLED In order to analyze how these movies are progressive in certain areas, the reader must first understand how the majority of the two movies are still heteronormal. For example, in Tangled, which is a movie loosely based …show more content…
One of those ways is by showing that Rapunzel does all the housework in her tower. Granted the only other person to do it would be her fake mother, but putting the song “When Will My Life Begin”, which is all about the things she does while in the tower, in the movie only reinforces the stereotype. Another way of promoting heteronormativity, is by having both Rapunzel’s and Flynn’s sidekicks not be human. Rapunzel’s sidekick is a chameleon, and Flynn’s sidekick is a horse. This makes it so there can be no insinuation to same-sex relationships between the characters. An additional way is by having the only couples that are seen in the movie be in a heterosexual relationship. The only relationships we see are Rapunzel and Flynn’s, the king and queen’s, and when an old small man tries to sweet talk Rapunzel’s fake mother. This makes it appear that the only romantic relationship a person can be involved in is a heterosexual one. Yet another way heteronormativity is enforced, is by having Rapunzel’s fake mother be restrictive and controlling. In fact, she is the main villain in the movie. This reinforces the gender role stereotype that mothers’ have. This stereotype may encourage rebellion in children and cause a divide between mothers and their children. Heteronormativity is also implemented by the fact that all of the ruffians at the pub and all of the guards are male. This makes it appear that these lifestyles are reserved for men
Started Altering Children’s Movies Today Within the last decade, the political landscape concerning sexuality has changed immensely. With this change, children’s movies have started to reflect the newer culture. This paper will analyze the Disney movies: Brave and Tangled. Although these movies are both primarily heteronormal, one considerably more than the other, they both display a sense of progressiveness in some areas, especially in empowering women.
OBSERVATIONS OF TANGLED In order to analyze how these movies are progressive in certain areas, the reader must first understand how the majority of the two movies are still heteronormal. For example, in Tangled, which is a movie loosely based …show more content…
One of those ways is by showing that Rapunzel does all the housework in her tower. Granted the only other person to do it would be her fake mother, but putting the song “When Will My Life Begin”, which is all about the things she does while in the tower, in the movie only reinforces the stereotype. Another way of promoting heteronormativity, is by having both Rapunzel’s and Flynn’s sidekicks not be human. Rapunzel’s sidekick is a chameleon, and Flynn’s sidekick is a horse. This makes it so there can be no insinuation to same-sex relationships between the characters. An additional way is by having the only couples that are seen in the movie be in a heterosexual relationship. The only relationships we see are Rapunzel and Flynn’s, the king and queen’s, and when an old small man tries to sweet talk Rapunzel’s fake mother. This makes it appear that the only romantic relationship a person can be involved in is a heterosexual one. Yet another way heteronormativity is enforced, is by having Rapunzel’s fake mother be restrictive and controlling. In fact, she is the main villain in the movie. This reinforces the gender role stereotype that mothers’ have. This stereotype may encourage rebellion in children and cause a divide between mothers and their children. Heteronormativity is also implemented by the fact that all of the ruffians at the pub and all of the guards are male. This makes it appear that these lifestyles are reserved for men