Disney Comparison When we think of Disney princess movies, we always remember the happily ever after that happens in the end. But are those ending all true? Unfortunately, Disney puts its own spin on a lot of those tales to make them that way. One of those films with a Disnified ending is Pocahontas. The film, which was released in 1995, changes the script a bit from a typical Disney movie, but still diverts from the original tale. Through this paper I will analyze and interpret the differences between the Disney tale and the true story of Pocahontas. Matoaka, or Pocahontas as the members of her tribe and society knows her today, was a Powhatan living in the Powhatan nation area we now know as the state of Virginia. When the English settlers
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She disobeys her father several times throughout the film, but she would not have had such freedoms to do so. Yes, Disney makes her out to be a strong and independent character, but unfortunately, it is not true. Normally Disney makes females out to be dependent on a man, but Disney almost portrays Pocahontas opposed to how her life was trying to make decisions for her own well being. It may be a guilt trip, but Pocahontas was not as free as she was made out to be and Disney missed the ball on that (Morenus, …show more content…
They turned a relationship with nature into magic, but they also just made the Native Americans look stereotypical. In the film, the song “Savages” is played. If you listen to the song, Disney was absolutely out of their mind when writing it for a kid’s movie not to mention the fact that it makes the Native Americans out to be that bad people (Pocahontas). The song states, “What can you expect from filthy little heathens? Their whole disgusting race is like a curse. Their skin 's a hellish red. They 're only good when dead.” Disney played into history and made the Indians look bad. They are only good when dead is ridiculous to say about a race of people. This is not okay, but once again, Disney does what Disney wants and society just eats it up (Pocahontas). Pocahontas in the film is linked to John Smith, but was actually liked to John Rolfe whom she ended up marrying later on and having one son with. When they became married, her name was changed to Rebecca Rolfe, which in a sense removed her from being associated with the Native American people. In the film she was reluctant to leave with Smith, but she in fact chose to leave with Rolfe in real life. They went to London around 1616 with their son Thomas (Morenus,
She disobeys her father several times throughout the film, but she would not have had such freedoms to do so. Yes, Disney makes her out to be a strong and independent character, but unfortunately, it is not true. Normally Disney makes females out to be dependent on a man, but Disney almost portrays Pocahontas opposed to how her life was trying to make decisions for her own well being. It may be a guilt trip, but Pocahontas was not as free as she was made out to be and Disney missed the ball on that (Morenus, …show more content…
They turned a relationship with nature into magic, but they also just made the Native Americans look stereotypical. In the film, the song “Savages” is played. If you listen to the song, Disney was absolutely out of their mind when writing it for a kid’s movie not to mention the fact that it makes the Native Americans out to be that bad people (Pocahontas). The song states, “What can you expect from filthy little heathens? Their whole disgusting race is like a curse. Their skin 's a hellish red. They 're only good when dead.” Disney played into history and made the Indians look bad. They are only good when dead is ridiculous to say about a race of people. This is not okay, but once again, Disney does what Disney wants and society just eats it up (Pocahontas). Pocahontas in the film is linked to John Smith, but was actually liked to John Rolfe whom she ended up marrying later on and having one son with. When they became married, her name was changed to Rebecca Rolfe, which in a sense removed her from being associated with the Native American people. In the film she was reluctant to leave with Smith, but she in fact chose to leave with Rolfe in real life. They went to London around 1616 with their son Thomas (Morenus,