Disney Barely Represents Pocahontas- Page 2

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 2:29pm

& nobody gives Miss Bianca any love!!!

(except me)

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 2:34pm

What are you trying to hide behind that rain bonnet? Your love?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 2:38pm

erika, who's Cindy?

[spidey_882]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 2:42pm

Cinderella.

Ariel figures huge in the Princess line. My daughter has tons of stuff that features the big 6 (Belle, Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White, Jasmine, and Ariel).

I find it pretty distasteful that the only Disney women who are spunky fighters (Mulan, Pocahontas, and Lilo) are pretty much never represented as being role models. Just the stupid princesses.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:41pm

Well, let's be honest...Pocahontas is a bit of a floozy. That outfit? Not to mention that John Smith looks uncannily like a Chippendale dancer.

However, I'm in agreement. I think they should eradicate the whole "Disney Princess" thought and expand it to "Disney Heroine," including Esmeralda (my personal favorite), Mulan, Pocahontas, Meg, etc.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:43pm

I think you're on the right track jag2.

What about the Diznizzney Bitches line?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:44pm

I've always thought it was racist that Pocohantas and Mulan get shoved aside.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:46pm

<- - - -has no idea who this Aurora person is.

*googles*

[blueroses]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:46pm

"What about the Diznizzney Bitches line?"

Please. We already have The Bratz.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:48pm

lol

[tazber]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:49pm

Aurora is old school Disney soapy. Sleeping Beauty.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:54pm

Thanks, I saw a picture of her on google pictures and I still had no idea who she was, then I went to wikipedia. I haven't seen Sleeping Beauty or Snow White.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:54pm

Oh, heh. I put too much thought into that. I thought it was like "Aurora" or something, where a princess had a lesser-known call name.

soapguy, it's Sleeping Beauty.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:56pm

soapy, watch Sleeping Beauty! It's a beautiful movie.

[shira467]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 3:57pm

I need to catch up on some Disney.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 5:06pm

i like her better as Briar Rose.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 5:16pm

POCAHONTAS is *not* a Disney embarrassment as someone posted. Why would they have bothered with a 10th Anniversary Special Edition of the film if they truly felt that way about the film. I think it's a beautiful film even though it's historically inaccurate but then so is LADY SINGS THE BLUES and that doesn't necessarily make it a bad film either.
Updated On: 12/1/07 at 05:16 PM

[DG]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 7:18pm

I wasn't going to say anything about this, but what the hell . . .

The man behind the gestation of POCAHONTAS is an old friend. When it was first being developed, he talked to the TinMan (who was a kindergarten teacher at the time) about what was being taught to elementary school kids about that part of American history. They really tried desperately to meld facts from history with the message they intended to give.

I think if you take the project on its own merits, it achieves quite a bit. If you want real history, go to the history books - but be prepared to sift through myriad perspectives with different agendas. This is a Disney animated film - take it as such.

[shira467]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 7:19pm

I remember singing "colors of the wind" in 5th grade graduation...memories.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/1/07 at 7:22pm

"I think if you take the project on its own merits, it achieves quite a bit."

I concur, DG. It's a beautifully made film, not a history lesson. In fact, the tagline for the movie was "An American Legend Comes To Life." Key word: Legend!

Updated On: 12/1/07 at 07:22 PM