Disney Princess
Disney Princess The Redesign Countdown: Round 5: Pick your LEAST favourite (please leave a comment!)
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Rapunzel
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Ariel
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Merida
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Tiana
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To add to that, she was supposed to be a role model to rough-and-tumble tomboys who don't like romance, fashion, makeup, or other girly things. (Not saying those things are bad, just saying every girl deserves to feel like her interests--or lack thereof--are validated by having a positive representative in mainstream media.)
By turning around and making her fancy and froo-froo, it's like the company is saying "Even though some girls say they don't like fashion, makeup, etc. we know they all secretly do. See? Merida spent her movie claiming to hate it and here she is. Don't you want to buy our products so you can look pretty like her?" It's insulting.
And before you say I'm over-reacting, I felt that way when I saw action-hero Mulan being portrayed exactly how she hated in her movie: like nothing but a "perfect porcelain doll." (Seriously, they couldn't spring for one line of Mulan action-figures just to see if they would sell? Or at least sell some dolls with her armor and weapons? We ONLY got dolls with her matchmaker dress and makeup? Did they really think so low of girls that they thought we weren't interested in anything but "makeup on, makeup off" Mulan dolls?)
link Merida really doesn't look different. I don't mean to sound rude but it's actually kind of shallow to say her dressing up- which is all it is- is a slap in the face to anyone. Her movie is supposed to be out her, not her appearance.
And Mulan never hated how she looked as the bride, but her redesign isn't actually in her bride costume anyway. it's in a green dress, like she wore at beginning and end. Most little girls don't want a warrior doll, they want a pretty one they can dress up. this is just selling what the majority of people (or kids in this case) want.
April- how does she look 'less' exotic? exotic just means unusual/foreign and she looks pretty much the same as before. heck I wouldn't call her exotic to begin with except she does have an unusual nose. her clothes are the only things different but she is supposed to be.
anyway, I dislike Rapunzel's the most. she looks terrible in this 2D form (although she can look OK on others, she still looks different). She looks like a frog with pale pink skin and cheesy yellow hair.
And honestly, I think people do realize it's about money (at least I do) and that's exactly what they're peeved about.
" link Merida really doesn't look different. " You're right, Merida doesn't look different from all the others after the beautification. Ironically, your link highlights exactly what I find wrong with this marketing strategy. It's all about conformity, both for the princesses and target audience. It doesn't matter who the princesses are, what they're interested in, how they're portrayed in their films, or what girls like about them, the marketing will make them all over into perfectly groomed, made up, decked up, sparkly beauty pageant contestants.
Again, I'm not saying femininity, fashion, or sparkles are bad. I'm saying no matter how the princesses are portrayed in their films, if ALL the marketing outside the films shows nothing but sparkles, makeup, fashion, and romance (never any other aspect of their personalities or hobbies), then girls get the message that that's all they're supposed to like. I'm not saying Mulan being marketed in her matchmaker dress when I was a kid was bad, but marketing her in NOTHING BUT matchmaker apparel seemed to send a clear message that that's what they thought all girls would or should like. They didn't even TRY selling some action figures or warrior dolls or even including some of her weapons/martial arts apparel in their doll box sets. They just preemptively decided that girls 3-10 would like or relate to nothing about the movie besides the fancy dress and makeup she wore in the beginning (and did not even feel comfortable with).
"Most little girls don't want a warrior doll, they want a pretty one they can dress up. this is just selling what the majority of people (or kids in this case) want." Is it really what they want? How can you know since there's almost no other merchandise available to compare? Also, even if it's true and the majority likes it, does that make it okay to cater to them exclusively and offer no alternatives or acknowledgment that any other type of girls exist? Especially when the gussied up princesses they sell to fashion-loving girls ironically do not even like being gussied up in their films and were supposed to be relatable to the less fashion-loving girls?
It just bugs me is all.
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