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Age Old Stereotypes In Disney Movies

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Nobody really knows why cartoons were introduced. While some argue that cartoons were created in order to keep the audience amused before a movie, some say that they were used to poke jibes towards politicians and governments. Mostly they were used for adult entertainment. Then people realized that children were more drawn to it than the adults. So they began making cartoons exclusively for children and struck gold in it. Not only were they able to make money from the cartoons, they were also making money from the things represented in the cartoons. The children watching it weren’t merely watching it for entertainment. They were observing every single nuance and subtly absorbing it in their lives. That’s when the cartoon industry realized the …show more content…

Whereas other Disney movies teaches children (girls in particular) that heroines are always beautiful, helpless without a man, and mostly just out to find their prince. While Frozen exhibits a bit of both, traditional Disney and a modern one, it mainly brought about a change in the way Disney movies are perceived. The part where traditional Disney takes over is when Elsa abandons the kingdom to build one of her own in the mountains. She undergoes a complete makeover when the song is done. Elsa sings "Let it Go” and changes from a buttoned up, repressed princess to a sexy siren. Seriously, why does "letting go" involved sashaying hips, whipping free your long blond hair, and a slit up to the thigh on a sexy sparkling dress? That’s just traditional Disney being at work. The part when Anna and Kristoff 's meeting and first song about true love. Sure, this is ultimately sort of a parody on Disney princess and love at first sight, but it doesn 't negate the fact that one of Anna 's main goals in life is to meet a man and get married. Again, old guy Disney at

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