The Princess Bride

On February 4, 1938, the first ever Disney Princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, taking in over $1.6 billion when accounting for inflation. This single movie was the first in a series of movies that would redefine a portion of every young girls' life. Today, almost each and every girl goes through something called the “princess” phase, in which they become completely obsessed with everything to do with the Disney princesses. This obsession comes in many forms, including an…

Pixar to create films that challenge traditional notions of gender within a progressive society—shifting from a traditional “conservative” to progressive “modernist” ideology. Ken Gillam and Shannon R. Woods argue, as titled in their essay, a “Post-Princess Model of Gender: The New Man in Disney/Pixar,” which highlights the arrival of the “beta-male” who challenges the infamous alpha-male. However, what Gillam and Woods overstimulate in their argument is the necessity of emasculation and the…

In 1937, Walt Disney Pictures produced its first princess film. Almost seventy-nine years later, a total of twelve Disney princess movies have been completed, with each one bringing a captivating narrative to life. These classic tales feature a female protagonist that aspires to discover herself. Along the way trials are uncovered and, by the conclusion of the story, it makes the princess a better person overall. Villains normally create these obstacles and are an essential part of these movies;…

Over time, it has been evident that Disney has promoted a different message within their princess movies, which is a shift in rhetoric. At first, the princess movies displayed unrealistic goals for young girls and now, there is a paradigm of different princesses that set an example for those who have goals and wish to achieve them. From a classical princess such as Aurora to a modern one such as Elsa, the messages are displayed in the princesses goals and obstacles. Prior to Frozen and other…

The Disney film Pocahontas displayed the different ideas of the Natives and British but comparing them to each other. Disney also projects a romantic aspect of Pocahontas’s relationship with John Smith. Most people know her as the Native American that was in love with John Smith. Disney released an animated film called Pocahontas in 1995, showing the assumed events that unraveled between John Smith and Pocahontas. Many believed that the Disney film was true to the past historical events that…

Abstract: Disney released its first princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the year 1930 and since have produced various others which have been a major part of popular culture in the West and gradually all over the world. This research aims to study how these movies represent the social conditions, especially for women, in those respective eras. The objective of this research is to point out these developments and understand and urge future story tellers, film makers and artists to…

and emphasize the evolution of female representation in Disney. I decided to color the background in respect to the princesses’ physical features, clothing or distinguishing colors of the movies. First is “Snow White.” According to the story, the princess has lips that are red as a rose, skin as white as snow and black hair. The second title is “Cinderella.” As shown in the animated movie, Cinderella has yellow hair. When she goes to the ball to meet the prince, she wears a blue dress and light…

Princess Diana Religion Scandal On August 31, 1997 Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed, and Henri Paul were killed in a car crash Paris, France, at the Pont de Alma tunnel. This incident was reported as a regular car crash, but others have many other theories. Theories say that there was a jealous ex/or relative. News was heard that Prince Phillip wanted her dead. He wanted her dead because the risk of marriage/ and or pregnancy with Dodi Fayed. He didn’t want to risk her marrying a Muslim-Egyptian man.…

Last year, artist Meridith Viguet got some press for a tutorial she created on how to draw a Disney-friendly version of a princess. Disney’s animated female figures, she noted, typically have long, slender necks; “demure” shoulders; B- or C-cup breasts and “soft but very defined” waists. But don’t look for hips, because Disney princesses tend not to have them, Viguet pointed…

Growing up I would spend countless hours watching Disney films on VHS as I’m sure some, if not most of my peers are guilty of doing as well. Now that I am what I consider to be a mature age, I still find myself loving Disney but am now learning and realizing the influence Disney is conveying has deemed a societal norm to young children. Disney controls the broadcasting of channels like ABC, Disney Channel, A&E, and ESPN as well as capturing the world’s attention with great advertisements like…