Comments on: The Fairest One of All http://native-born.com/2009/05/04/the-fairest-one-of-all/ Culture, Family and this American Life Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ZenMom http://native-born.com/2009/05/04/the-fairest-one-of-all/comment-page-1/#comment-3095 ZenMom Mon, 11 May 2009 02:50:21 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1032#comment-3095 This was an excellent post! I've had people give me funny looks because of the uber-cool Disney Villains poster that was hanging in my sons' room. (It's in my office now that my little minions are exerting their own taste in decor. But it's still awesome.) I think part of the appeal of the villains - and, yes, the women are much scarier and more complex - is that they are the closest things to the original feel of the fairy tales. I love Disney. But these stories were much deeper and richer and more psychologically gripping in their original tellings. The classic villains are the delicious bits of darkness leftover when Disney's done white-washing the tales. This was an excellent post! I’ve had people give me funny looks because of the uber-cool Disney Villains poster that was hanging in my sons’ room. (It’s in my office now that my little minions are exerting their own taste in decor. But it’s still awesome.)

I think part of the appeal of the villains – and, yes, the women are much scarier and more complex – is that they are the closest things to the original feel of the fairy tales.

I love Disney. But these stories were much deeper and richer and more psychologically gripping in their original tellings. The classic villains are the delicious bits of darkness leftover when Disney’s done white-washing the tales.

]]> By: Ren http://native-born.com/2009/05/04/the-fairest-one-of-all/comment-page-1/#comment-3063 Ren Thu, 07 May 2009 02:06:39 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1032#comment-3063 @Faiqa: Technically, my Mardi Gras float ticket hasn't been sold yet, but there is a buyer and I am planning to sell it. Avoiding woodsmen --indefinitely. And in regards to your response to @whall: Yeah, smarter than everyone else. Except puppies. @Faiqa: Technically, my Mardi Gras float ticket hasn’t been sold yet, but there is a buyer and I am planning to sell it. Avoiding woodsmen –indefinitely.

And in regards to your response to @whall: Yeah, smarter than everyone else. Except puppies.

]]> By: Faiqa http://native-born.com/2009/05/04/the-fairest-one-of-all/comment-page-1/#comment-3062 Faiqa Wed, 06 May 2009 19:39:59 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1032#comment-3062 @whall: No, I haven't seen it. And, I'll show you girlie, you fools!! (See, that's how the female villains talk, everything ends with IMBECILES or FOOLS!! Because they're so much smarter than everyone else.) @Ren: Uh-huh, and you just happen to reveal this information right AFTER I say I'll be there. I can take a hint, I get it. ::Sobbing:: Btw, you may want to proceed with caution when any woodsmen ask you if you want to go into the forest with them. You know, just until I get over this obvious slight. >:) @whall: No, I haven’t seen it. And, I’ll show you girlie, you fools!! (See, that’s how the female villains talk, everything ends with IMBECILES or FOOLS!! Because they’re so much smarter than everyone else.)

@Ren: Uh-huh, and you just happen to reveal this information right AFTER I say I’ll be there. I can take a hint, I get it. ::Sobbing:: Btw, you may want to proceed with caution when any woodsmen ask you if you want to go into the forest with them. You know, just until I get over this obvious slight. >:)

]]> By: Ren http://native-born.com/2009/05/04/the-fairest-one-of-all/comment-page-1/#comment-3061 Ren Wed, 06 May 2009 18:26:55 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1032#comment-3061 @Faiqa: Doh! Next year is my year off from Mardi Gras after three years in a row. @Faiqa: Doh! Next year is my year off from Mardi Gras after three years in a row.

]]> By: whall http://native-born.com/2009/05/04/the-fairest-one-of-all/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 whall Wed, 06 May 2009 15:36:12 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1032#comment-3060 Have you seen Happily N'Ever After? It's got a good villianness or whatever you call wanna-be girlie villains. Have you seen Happily N’Ever After? It’s got a good villianness or whatever you call wanna-be girlie villains.

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