“Someday my prince will come” (Caselotti 0:01). Snow White, one of Disney’s original princesses, truly demonstrates Disney’s theme that “Prince Charming” will come and sweep the princess off of her feet, and they will live happily ever after. However, Disney had been criticized over the years for having this same plot in all of their movies. As a result, Disney movies have evolved from the typical Disney Princess being swept off her feet by her “Prince Charming,” to more modern themes. In the 1981 film, The Fox and the Hound, and other later Disney movies, also, new themes start to develop. A viewer can see the Disney writers start to highlight the importance of friendship. In The Fox and the Hound, the writers introduce two true friends,
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The value of friendship emphasis in The Fox and the Hound bridged that gender bias. But Disney falls short targeting the male audience from what they do when they target the females. Most Disney movies do not feature male protagonists. Here, these main characters are male, but they are not portrayed as highly as the Princesses. Instead, like in The Fox and the Hound, we see the males portrayed as animals (Tod as a fox and Copper as a dog). Colin Stokes, in his TedTalk describes the situation as “if you 're a boy, you are a dopey animal, and if you are a girl, you should bring your warrior costume,” (4:28). Stokes shows that male protagonists are extremely rare in Disney movies, and, when they do appear, they are not used to help teach useful values. In fact, we don’t even see a large chunk of time when they spend growing up. Tod says at one point ” Look, Big Mama! Copper 's back! Heh. Boy, has he grown big,” (Fox). This shows that in this movie doesn’t teach children much about a good deal of time, which doesn’t allow children to learn from a time period. Due to missing this time period, they don’t learn. This causes children to try and make decisions without seeing them in real life which causes problems in the
The value of friendship emphasis in The Fox and the Hound bridged that gender bias. But Disney falls short targeting the male audience from what they do when they target the females. Most Disney movies do not feature male protagonists. Here, these main characters are male, but they are not portrayed as highly as the Princesses. Instead, like in The Fox and the Hound, we see the males portrayed as animals (Tod as a fox and Copper as a dog). Colin Stokes, in his TedTalk describes the situation as “if you 're a boy, you are a dopey animal, and if you are a girl, you should bring your warrior costume,” (4:28). Stokes shows that male protagonists are extremely rare in Disney movies, and, when they do appear, they are not used to help teach useful values. In fact, we don’t even see a large chunk of time when they spend growing up. Tod says at one point ” Look, Big Mama! Copper 's back! Heh. Boy, has he grown big,” (Fox). This shows that in this movie doesn’t teach children much about a good deal of time, which doesn’t allow children to learn from a time period. Due to missing this time period, they don’t learn. This causes children to try and make decisions without seeing them in real life which causes problems in the