27-09-2013, 03:19 PM
(27-09-2013, 01:25 PM)flamesabers Wrote: ...When I was browsing through the posters, I came across a Rapunzel poster... I was compelled to get the poster because I liked the amused smile on her face and I read the fairy tale when I was a child. While doing some searching online, it piqued my interest to learn Disney tried to tone down the girliness so that boys would want to see the movie as well.
Funny, that's one of my favorite Disney movies BECAUSE I love how Rapunzel is such a girly girl. She has flawless female antics, a sweet voice and an innocent heart to boot. You should rent it Flame. It's a predictable good vs evil Disney story but I still liked it.
Seems strange they would take some girliness OUT of Rapunzel to make boys interested. Don't most boys LIKE a sweet, pretty, girly girl? I guess sexy tom boys and prostitutes are the ideal female form if you want to sell something to boys and men. They could have made Rapunzel's beau more charismatic or heroic to interest boys couldn't they? Hard to argue with Disney though given their success.