A brief history of the princess: You are the princess, and your family is the princess!

Rico 2021-10-20 17:42:31

Since I heard that another Disney Princess movie will be released on November 25th, my expectation index is no less than that of my daughter who just went to elementary school. As long as there is a Disney princess, there is no need to worry about Christmas gifts and New Year gifts at the end of the year. "Frozen" was released in 2013. Until now, as long as we bought gifts related to Princess Aisha, she was so happy. The Disney Princess series is the savior of families with daughters! However, after watching the stills of "Ocean Romance", I was a little worried.

"Moana" heroine Moana

This hay-like hair, a rag-wrapped skirt, and these little thick legs are so much different from the princess who I remembered with a slender figure, elegant manner, and meticulous combing of her hair, right? And this skin tone...is it darker?

Not only that, but even the prince is saved? ? The only male protagonist in the film, Maui, these nostrils and eyes, surely did not come from the "Tangled" set next door after the hot head?

Maui and Bran in "Tangled Fairy"

I had a headache next year when a child in a room was wearing a straw skirt and was running around like a coconut man in the movie. Later, after watching the trailer, I was amazed by the marine special effects inside. The combination of silly chicken and piglet also sprouted blood. I began to wonder if my judgment on this distinctive Disney princess was a bit sloppy. After all, from the hard-working, capable and silly Snow White in 1937 to the Princess Aisha who personally KO Prince in 2013, Disney princesses have been updated for several rounds. Love is no longer their only life goal, beauties. Not only learn to arm yourself, but also know how to live for yourself. Since the birth of Disney princesses, they have shouldered a more important mission than other animated characters-they are the "benchmarks" for girls around the world in every era, and the way they choose their lives also affects those on the other side of the screen who aspire to become "princesses" Girls. Recently, the official release of a new era princess guidelines:

I don’t know why, looking at this guideline, Sweetbox’s "Don't push me" will automatically sound in my mind: "Don't push me so hard, don't push me so far, don't push me anymore, I have had enough Don't cage me in, don't tie me down. Don't cage me in, don't tie me down." The 80-year transition of the Disney Princess series is like an epic blockbuster of female consciousness awakening. 1.1937-1959 not only hit the face, but also hit the life. "Snow White" (1937), "Cinderella" (1950) and "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) were the first batch of Disney princesses. They repeated almost the same life.

First generation Disney princess

The three sisters all have perfect looks and pure souls, and look pitiful in front of the evil and powerful stepmother and witch. The only thing they have to do is to wait beautifully for the prince to come-Shirayuki and Cinderella are doing housework beautifully, and Sleeping Beauty sleeps beauty sleep after stubble. And in the end, the prince did come out handsomely, as expected.

Even though Bai Xue is doing housework, she still wears a princess dress, but it becomes a satire of the princess's identity.

Such movies gained a large number of audiences and honors at the time, and the Disney Empire also emerged. Countless girls are holding the Barbie doll in their arms, dreaming that they can also wait for a perfect love. But wake up, it is not their beauty or kindness that gives them a good life and love, but the author. A malicious pie thrown by the author from the sky makes women feel that perfecting themselves is just to please men, so that they can get a stable life. Compared with ordinary girls, the biggest advantage of princesses is that they have more opportunities to contact the prince. Can such simple and blindly optimistic girls become a model? At best, it was to comfort the Americans who were extremely fragile at the time of the economic market depression. For men, if you work hard, you will probably find your own silly and sweet; but for women, you can’t wait for your prince if you wash and cook at home every day. The so-called princess movies are more like textbooks for wives in the patriarchal society. What happens when the princess and the prince get married? The princess will become the next stepmother and continue to bully the next generation of princesses. So people kept silent about the story after the fairy tale. The prince and the princess lived a happy life, and then there was no more. Let the princess be stupidly beautiful, Snow White is old, and we still have Cinderella. 2. From 1989 to 1998, we had an adventurous journey before we got married. In the 1980s and 1990s, Disney released five princess movies in a short interval: "The Little Mermaid" (1989) and "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). In "Aladdin" (1992), "Pocahontas" (1995) and "Mulan" (1998), the five princesses not only greatly broke through the image of early princesses in terms of skin color and appearance, but also had different life situations.

The second generation of Disney princesses

The princesses of this period are the adventurous generation. They throw off the crown and housework, ran away from home, and would rather sit on horseback and cry than hide in the castle and laugh. But they were also a generation of exploration. A series of problems such as the novel world outside their homes, the contradiction between dreams and marriages left the princesses in deep confusion, and their confusion was also the confusion of the female activists who were the first to awaken at that time. Therefore, most of the movies in this period have wonderful beginnings and embarrassing endings. Mermaid Ariel would rather abandon her voice for love. This move was much bolder than the previous father-in-law. At least the prince was not waiting but chasing after him. Unfortunately, the only motivation for the princess to take a brave adventure is love. Belle, who walks out of the house, has a feature that no female role in the past has not had-likes to read. This feature made this girl of ordinary family come to the gorgeous palace and became the first princess to redeem the prince. But who can tell whether Belle fell in love with the beast, or fell in love with the book dancing in the palace and the whole room in the palace?

The prince of the beast gave Belle a life that Belle couldn't even dream of

The next three princesses with exotic styles have more freedom and romance in their bones, and they have gone further. Among the three, Hua Mulan’s confusion is the most obvious, which has a lot to do with the background of the story in China. Hua Mulan's leaving to join the army was an accident and a kind of self-sacrifice. But with the development of the plot, Hua Mulan became more and more comfortable with marching and fighting, and suddenly opened the door to a new world. After the female identity was exposed, Hua Mulan was immediately driven out of the barracks. Even if she had the ability, she still had no right to speak. This was also the reality faced by women at that time. In the end, Hua Mulan ran away for "filial piety" and returned to the family for "filial piety."

"Maybe I didn't do it for daddy, but to prove that I was capable."

Although the princesses eventually returned home obediently, their adventure became a thrilling dream before marriage. If the story happened today, how would they choose? Can the mermaid give up men and return to the sea of ​​freedom? Is Belle willing to live the life she wants by her own strength? Will Hua Mulan not marry her whole life and fight on the battlefield? The second generation of princesses fought alone in the world of men. They were brave, but not decisive enough. At least they left a new possibility for the next princesses: Maybe we don't need a prince, and the princess can become a prince. 3. 2009-2013 not being a queen, being your own The third generation of Disney princesses was endowed with a variety of magical powers. The self-awareness of the princesses just like these suppressed powers burst out during this period.

The third generation of Disney princesses

The black princess Tiana in "The Princess and the Frog" in 2009 has a strong modern meaning. She has a clear dream plan-save money to open a small restaurant. She not only worked hard for her dream, but also pulled a prince who couldn't support the wall with mud. Then, in 2010, Rapunzel cut her hair, put aside the shackles of beauty, and ran freely to the outside world; two years later, Princess Merida ("Brave") had the same unruly personality as her hairstyle. Once in a Disney movie, I said no to marriage and reconciled with my mother (the mothers were finally free from the identity of the evil stepmother), which interpreted a kind of "brave" completely different from "Mulan".

The princess in "Brave" has a personality as unruly as a hairstyle

When it came to "Frozen", the Disney princesses completely released their pressure with the song "Let it go". The prince became the villain in the film. Not only was he no longer an object of dependence on the princess, but he became the chief culprit that allowed the princess to be restrained. This is a great irony to the patriarchal society. Aisha sang and built an ice castle for herself, not to lock herself again, but to declare sovereignty over herself, just as the British feminist writer Woolf expected, women finally have "A room of your own."

Freed from the shackles of the prince, the princess finally transformed from a "queen" to a "queen"

However, in such a movie, the feminist color is too strong. Since then, the princess has completed the transformation of finding herself, letting the prince’s absolute patriarchy completely die under the castle of Queen Aisha. Only when we are no longer sensitive to the word "female" so that the princess can live peacefully with the princes without relying on divine power, is the time when the male and female roles are truly equal. The princesses began to define themselves, think about "what do I want", and confidently pursue their dreams, and start a story of their own. This is the spirit of the new Disney princess, and it is what I expect my daughter to live in. Thus, there was Princess Moana. 4.2016 I am not a princess, I am the daughter of the chief (the following content has some spoilers)

The story of "Pocahontas" is actually very simple: Moana was born on a closed island in the center of the ocean, and the people in the tribe have lived a self-sufficient life for hundreds of years. The chief’s father hopes that Moana will stay on the island forever, and she will be the next chief, but Moana is born with freedom. We are surrounded by the sea. Why not be a sea citizen but a villager? Weird. In addition, she had heard the legend of the tribe from her grandmother, and she had to find the island goddess to save the dying island nearby. So embarked on a wonderful sea adventure. The biggest difference between Moana and other princesses is that the identity of the princess is no longer an obstacle to self-realization. Looking at the three generations of princesses mentioned earlier, the identity of the princess represents both privilege and restraint. Because you are a princess, you must behave gracefully. Because you are a princess, no matter where your dream progresses, you must fall in love with peace of mind when the prince appears. Even the later princesses have a stronger sense of independence. After releasing her self, Princess Aisha watched her sister get married and returned to the ice castle, the palace wall, and her heart. Which one was colder? From the beginning, Moana did not take the "princess" seriously, "I am not a princess, I am the chief's daughter." The implication is: You are the princess, and your whole family are all princesses! For her, the "princess" is simply hereditary, and the "queen" is a sacred responsibility and challenge. She doesn't reject being a chief, just waiting for the right time, waiting for herself to be strong enough, not only to become better, but also to make the whole tribe better. And going to sea has become a rite of passage for her. The protagonist Maui appeared as equals with Moana. The two are imperfect and are mirrors of each other. Maui has hooks and Moana has oars; Maui is a demigod, and Moana has the guardian of the sea. Moana was born to indulge and love freedom. Maui has always lived under the eyes of others. Moana learned to take responsibility from Maui, and Maui found himself from Moana.

The relationship between Maui and Moana is equal, and the film presents a pan-gender story

Maui and Moana grew up together under the background of generalization, so that everyone can see that a princess without a prince can also live beautifully and beautifully. In Moana's journey, there is no need to wait for the illusory prince, no need to consider whether she wants to compete with a man, and no need to abandon her self to achieve love in the eyes of others. All the entangled ambiguity and sour sweetness between men and women ended in the turbulent and magnificent waves of the Pacific Ocean. Disney's princess finally pulled the audience's attention from gender issues back to themselves. This is how the Disney classic dream theme should be opened in the princess series. Without the fair and delicate skin, the gentle steps of the lady, and the docile and harmless character, the princesses did not lose their "elegance" because of this. They still gleamed in the crowd, which made people unable to ignore. Only by taking off the corset and putting aside the confinement of "women" can we better explore what we really want to achieve as "people". And the princes? Let them learn to grow first. One more thing, I realized after seeing that, in fact, the real official CP is this pair——

The scheming sea used a stone to set the baby kiss when the heroine was young
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For Moana, the sea symbolizes a calling and also gives her a sense of security on the road of her dreams. Along the way, the sea will always appear in time to protect her, but more often, the sea just silently accompanies her, waiting for Moana to think through everything and regain her confidence. Isn't this way of getting along like Shu Ting's "To the Oak" not the best way to get along with men and women? The sea is the best boyfriend of the new era! (This article was originally written as a soft article, but I have never been good at writing articles with purpose, so the taste of writing has changed. The last paragraph was written by the leader when I digressed too far to help me write it now. It’s not what I thought, and the offensive is too strong, so I deleted it. Above.) (If you need to reprint, please leave a private message)

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Moana quotes

  • Maui: If the current's warm you're going the right way.

    Moana: [sticks her hand into the water] It's cold. Wait, it's getting warmer...

    [looks up and sees Maui grinning slyly]

    Moana: Argh! That is *disgusting*! What is wrong with you?

  • Moana: Not seeing an entrance.

    Maui: Yes, because it only appears after a human sacrifice.

    [Moana gasps]

    Maui: Kidding! So serious.