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Cinderella - Who Is Your Real Family?
What does Cinderella (1950) teach us about recognizing our real family?
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Ichabod and Mr Toad - Is Punishment Just?
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What does The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) teach us about punishment? J. Draper video: ruclips.net/video/UJ0r0EBRgIc/видео.html I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Melody Time review: ruclips.net/video/7fKEBhLbyDE/видео.html
Melody Time - What is Indigenous Erasure?
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How does Melody Time (1948) propagate indigenous erasure? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Fun and Fancy Free review: ruclips.net/video/unvA4ATSXgs/видео.html
Fun and Fancy Free - Is Ignorance Bliss?
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.Месяц назад
Does Fun and Fancy Free (1947) make a good argument for choosing to be ignorant? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Make Mine Music review: ruclips.net/video/TGQREwalIb4/видео.html
Make Mine Music - Why Preserve Art?
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What can Make Mine Music (1946) tell us about art preservation? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat The Three Caballeros review: ruclips.net/video/3Muqrd78S4w/видео.html
The Three Caballeros - What is Surrealism?
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Why is The Three Caballeros (1944) so surreal? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Saludos Amigos review: ruclips.net/video/VzBo20RJ_pk/видео.html A viewer has pointed out that one of the images used in the video was likely AI generated. I apologize for this lapse in diligence, and the image has been blurred out. I will strive to be more vigilant in f...
Saludos Amigos - Does Propaganda Work?
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Does Saludos Amigos (1942) work as propaganda? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Bambi review: ruclips.net/video/YrsJE9vmzJQ/видео.html
Bambi - How do we talk about Death?
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How does Bambi (1942) help us discuss death? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Dumbo review: ruclips.net/video/K-EmMlwSqhg/видео.html
Dumbo - What Good Are Unions?
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How did Dumbo's (1941) production shape the animation industry, and what role did unions play? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Fantasia review: ruclips.net/video/DlFsT15-2cw/видео.html
Fantasia - Why Narrative?
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Does a film need to have a narrative in order to be good? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Pinocchio review: ruclips.net/video/J9EZ9g81FN8/видео.html
Pinocchio - Who Is Good?
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Can Pinocchio (1940) teach us what it means to be a good person? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Snow White review: ruclips.net/video/f_l8hpv-ad4/видео.html
Snow White - Skin Deep?
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Is Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) worth the watch? I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat History of Disney Animation: ruclips.net/video/Ve41C7OX3XM/видео.html
Lorcana's 4th Set - Ursula's Return!
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WE CAN TALK ABOUT BRUNO-NO-NO-NO-NO
A Meandering, Clumsy, and Way Too Detailed "Summary" of the Disney Canon
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I plan to review the Disney Canon. So uh, what is the Disney Canon? Check out Unshaved Mouse: unshavedmouse.com/the-rankings/ I have a Patreon! Please consider supporting me at www.patreon.com/werothegreat Snow White review: ruclips.net/video/f_l8hpv-ad4/видео.html Pinocchio review: ruclips.net/video/J9EZ9g81FN8/видео.html Fantasia review: ruclips.net/video/DlFsT15-2cw/видео.html Dumbo review: ...
EN GARDE! Lorcana Gameplay!
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EN GARDE! Lorcana Gameplay!
EN GARDE! Ruby/Steel Challenges Deck!
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EN GARDE! Ruby/Steel Challenges Deck!
How Do I Lorcana? Locations!
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How Do I Lorcana? Locations!
Into the Inklands - First Packs!
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Into the Inklands - First Packs!
Into the Inklands - Predicting the Meta!
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Into the Inklands - Predicting the Meta!
Into the Inklands - FINAL BATCH!
Просмотров 3119 месяцев назад
Into the Inklands - FINAL BATCH!
Floodborn LORE MONSTERS
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Floodborn LORE MONSTERS
Into the Inklands: Starter Decks Revealed!
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Into the Inklands: Starter Decks Revealed!
BIG POTATO!
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BIG POTATO!
Best Cards in Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn!
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Best Cards in Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn!
Vaults & Maps
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Vaults & Maps
Anti-Meta Discard - Lorcana Gameplay
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Anti-Meta Discard - Lorcana Gameplay
Lorcana - Anti-Meta Discard Deck!
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Lorcana - Anti-Meta Discard Deck!
KING OF ATLANTIS!
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KING OF ATLANTIS!
99 Puppies!
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99 Puppies!

Комментарии

  • @JacquelineViana
    @JacquelineViana 3 часа назад

    Fun fact: the Brazilian lady that sings with Zé Carioca is Aurora Miranda, Carmen’s little sister. She had a very successful career on her own here in Brazil during the 30s, 40s and 50s and eventually retired from singing and acting following Carmen’s death, focused mostly on raising her family. She died in 2005 at the age of 90!

  • @JacquelineViana
    @JacquelineViana 3 часа назад

    As a Brazilian I’d say that your rendition of Tico Tico no Fubá is quite impressive! And Zé Carioca is a National Treasure, of course! I love that when he speaks in Portuguese he’s basically listing most of Rio’s neighborhoods, so he’s really just someone really keen on showing Rio off to his friend and I can relate 😂

  • @sergioludena3670
    @sergioludena3670 6 часов назад

    Damn! What a thoughtful essay about one of my favourite movies of all time. I'm a 28 yo man and I loved this movie when I was a child (still do), I burnt the VHS from watching it oh so many times. Thing is, the reason I empathized with Cinderella wasn't because she had an awful stepfamily, but because she was abused in an enviroment she could not escape, in her case it was her home, in my case it was junior school and early highschool. I don't think people talk enough about how awful and cruel kids and teenagers can be. So yeah, a movie about an abused character who gets to escape their situation and get to live a happy live was reassuring. And as a child while watching this movie I would tell myself "Just keep believing that someday things will change" and they did, not by a Fairy Godmother ofc but it helped to have something to believe in. It might be the closest I've been to believing in a deity or a god, maybe that's the feeling people find reassuring in faith. Anyway, I've seen a couple more of your videos on my recommended feed so I'll consume them as fast as I can! I rarely type comments on RUclips videos but this was a really well documented and analized piece of media, I had to give you the compliment, you got yourself a fan! Can't wait to see more of your work!

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 6 часов назад

      I'm glad you were able to find that solace in this film! Comments like yours are why I make these videos. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

  • @zainmudassir2964
    @zainmudassir2964 6 часов назад

    I would've treated Cinderella as my own daughter ❤

  • @annieandelsieofarendelle3294
    @annieandelsieofarendelle3294 9 часов назад

    If anything, it was the Prince who wanted Cinderella since he was the one who approached her and she happened to fall in love with him during the night they were together like a lot of people do.

  • @ΕλληΦεαρινου
    @ΕλληΦεαρινου 10 часов назад

    Finally!🎉 Someone who's pointing out the terrible translation of greek word terminology. Thank you!😊 Also, I believe in many stories, such as Hansel and Gretel and even a version of Snowhite, if I remember correctly, the shity parent is the biological mother. So apparently, in ye olde times they had no problem blaming the mother, while leaving the paternal figures mostly unharmed. Apart from the occasional incestuous proposal to their own daughters, that is.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 9 часов назад

      Yeah, Donkey-Skin is a weird one

  • @MrSophire
    @MrSophire 10 часов назад

    In the deepest of Catholic faith, there is something known as true confession. It is that you are sorry for hurting God as someone you love and not the pains of hell because according to Catholics you do good not because of fear of punishment but because of love. Like would you knows hurt a friend because of fear of him punishment from him or because you hurt someone you truly loved. As a Catholic we are called to love all with just amount of passion. Also according to Thomas of Aquinas. He does talk about just war and while life is nuance sin easily be rationalized so be careful to do so.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 9 часов назад

      I was raised Catholic, and I remember some of those arguments. I am curious what you'll think of my Hunchback video lol

  • @homemaranha5649
    @homemaranha5649 11 часов назад

    Now next movie is Alice In Wonderland I can't waiting

  • @MrSophire
    @MrSophire 12 часов назад

    Okay, in the Cinderella story, the sisters being ugly is the reason why the stepmother was so harsh on her. She was jealous that she was more beautiful and people preferred her over her own daughters. They are ugly on the inside because she spoiled them to get back at Cinderella. On the side note I have met people who are extremely ugly both on the inside and outside.

  • @alexmouse5758
    @alexmouse5758 14 часов назад

    Just to add something: In most variations of Cinderella the focus is on the stepsisters, and not the stepmother. In the fairy tale the stepsisters are the primary antagonists, being the ones who more abuse physically and verbally Cinderella, with the stepmother being a secondary villain only there to explain how the stepsisters arrived and why the father doesn't do anything to stop the abuse. I think the pantomime tradition of making the stepsisters comicly ugly and joke characters was what inspired the Disney version

  • @indigoyarkindell968
    @indigoyarkindell968 15 часов назад

    So much white apology and regret from this guy. Migration of humans has always followed the pattern of clash, assimilation, elimination, and conversion of people and cultures. Nations native to America were both savage and friendly the same as European migrants.

  • @candelasilverio608
    @candelasilverio608 17 часов назад

    As someone who's favourite movie as a child was cinderella, you have no idea how much I apreciate this video. Idk why, but It's kinda rare to see anyone talk about it in depth and that makes me sad :(

  • @pecahalloween
    @pecahalloween 20 часов назад

    As for Romani stereotypes, I don't think many Americans have been to Balkans. I grew up in a neighborhood that was mostly inhabited by Romani people. And yes, they are walking stereotypes. But speaking on Strombolli's behalf, Disney tends to turn neutral characters into villains, just like they did with the sea witch in "The Little Mermaid", from a neutral enabler, she became the biggest villain.

  • @ionasappy2732
    @ionasappy2732 День назад

    nice leitmotif, the melody that's heard when Bambi and his mother first arrive to the meadow is later the melody for "i bring you a song".

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat День назад

      Ahhh this movie and its music are so *good*

  • @ionasappy2732
    @ionasappy2732 День назад

    internet commentary on walt is frustrating because people either go "good old uncle walt" or "evil prince of hollywood". no nuance.

  • @KatyaOrlova-jp1gy
    @KatyaOrlova-jp1gy День назад

    I might be a contradictory example to your argument. I was spanked once as a kid because I stole money from my uncle and lied about it. I was maybe ten, and even as a young kid, I felt like it was deserved under the circumstances. I was never hit before or after that, and while I have my share of grievances with my mother, that incident is definitely not one of them.

  • @ilikepastas7775
    @ilikepastas7775 День назад

    Wow, i just discovered your channel, and i’ve been BLOWN AWAY by your video essays, they’re so well thought, well scripted, and they really leave a huge impression on me, as a HUGEEE Disney fan, this video series has me LIVING, i can’t wait for the next part. Keep up the good job man, you’ve got a new sub!

  • @CaptLuser
    @CaptLuser День назад

    how does this video have so few likes? it’s fantastic.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat День назад

      Feel free to remedy the situation!

    • @CaptLuser
      @CaptLuser 13 часов назад

      @@werothegreat i gave it a like and a comment, so that's a start

  • @juliawertz5282
    @juliawertz5282 День назад

    "But the glass slippers must be so uncomfortable!!!" Do you really think that any of Cindy's options for nonmagical contemporary formal women's footwear WOULD be comfortable?? Come tf on. None of the bad-faith criticism about the logic of those slippers has ever made sense to me.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat День назад

      Especially since the more practical concern would be, these are made of glass, one of the most fragile substances known to man, as well as one of the sharpest, and you're putting them on your feet. But they work anyway. That's what makes them so fantastic.

  • @Tacom4ster
    @Tacom4ster День назад

    As an Latinx, I sneer at Encanto, we need to show more abusive biological parents to kids like Ozai

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 13 часов назад

      The recent past was wiser about abusive bio fam; not only Ozai but also Ghetsis for example.

  • @pecahalloween
    @pecahalloween День назад

    The kiss was Walt's idea. Originally, when the prince decides to take Snow White's body to his castle in hopes of reviving her, one of the servants, or the dwarves who volunteered to help, tripped and shook Snow White's body, dislodging the piece of the poisoned apple.

  • @pecahalloween
    @pecahalloween День назад

    17:32 Until I saw the spelling, I thought you were afraid of Eskimos.

  • @pecahalloween
    @pecahalloween День назад

    15:36 IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN!

  • @georgemiser
    @georgemiser День назад

    In Anastasia and Drizella's defense, the "Massive Feet" thing isn't exactly the turn-off it used to be. Nowadays, you have, like, 50+ feet/tickle artists swooning over their soles at any given time. :P (Mostly Anastasia though, on account of the whole Reformation Arc, I think.)

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat День назад

      Anastasia just needed to last long enough to see OnlyFans

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 День назад

      @@werothegreat Not even that; DeviantArt existed way before that.

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 2 дня назад

    I think the live action remakes are probably for people who think animation is for babies

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      Those people need to get over themselves

  • @Cheetosadveture
    @Cheetosadveture 2 дня назад

    I sometimes rewatch your videos 3 times, I loved this movie

  • @0deadx21
    @0deadx21 2 дня назад

    I prefer the live-action movie. Characters actually do something in it instead of just standing there on autopilot.

  • @alexp.d3689
    @alexp.d3689 2 дня назад

    I wrote a rather lengthy comment and it kept getting deleted so here's the cliff notes , Perrault's narrative focuses on the relationship between Cinderella and the sister's, they were never described as physically inferior to her on the text ,in fact it's specified that it's their behaviour that makes them ugly ( a simple Google search of 18th/19th version illustrations will show you that they were in fact beautiful as well as Perrault's text specifying that the main moral is about how a beautiful soul is much more important than a beautiful face or hairdo, even as a child I thought depicting them as ugly seemed countertuitive to the message of the story , turns out I was 100% right ) . Her optimistic dreamer qualities were Disney additions,so was her father dying,her mother's dress and the climax ( which I theorise came first with the other two mice scenes serving as set up and build up. ) In terms of character's personalities, relationships, themes and even plot details Perrault's and Disney's are quite different , Disney's version has become the cannon version with every subsequent adaptation of the story being directly influenced more so by it than Perrault's which has never been faithfully adapted to screen as written by Perrault ( which is a pity cause his version is super interesting ). Great video, I'm glad someone else finally said it , keep up the good work.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      "Moral: Beauty in a woman is a rare treasure that will always be admired. Graciousness, however, is priceless and of even greater value."

    • @alexp.d3689
      @alexp.d3689 2 дня назад

      ​​@@werothegreatWhat's your thoughts on Perrault's telling of the story? It's personally my favourite interpretation of the story

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      @@alexp.d3689 I mean it's fairly straightforward, and not particularly long. The godmother just kind of comes out of nowhere.

    • @alexp.d3689
      @alexp.d3689 День назад

      @@werothegreat I meant more in terms of its themes but anyway , it's my fault for not specifying in my comment 😅😜 I'll have to admit, Perrault's version has so massive flaws ( not to the degree Grimm's does ,but still pretty big ) ... She makes zero attempts to convince them to take her with them to the festival literally telling them she wasn't interested in going, making her crying afterwards feel hollow and a bit overdramatic ( to me , when I read it the first time I was like: Stop crying,you drama queen ... 🤣 ), Disney's by contrast had quite a few good reasons to do so : her mother's only belonging was just destroyed as well as her hopes of going to the ball ( for which unlike her book counterpart she puts up a fight for ) , and she had just been assaulted ( also the godmother, in the Disney version,is theorised by many to be a physical manifestation of Cinderella's hopes and dreams and she literally says " If you had lost of all your faith I couldn't be here,yet here I am " meaning Cinderella manifested her into existence with her mind. In Perrault's she just appears out of nowhere, which personally as random as it is I find it so odd it makes it funny 🤣🤣🤣 ) . Her revealing the other slipper at the end and the godmother turning her fags into beautiful cloths is also an odd detail, you're telling me you could have been done with the whole thing long ago but just decided to sit back and watch ... ?! ( Then again what I love about this interpretation is the commentary, she literally tresspasses into an event she wasn't invited to, trolls the sisters back at home playing the fool when in fact she knows more than she lets out .) Disney's made it feel important and as If the character a triumphant victory for the hero , I love what an emotional rollercoaster Disney's film is ... Perrault's narrative comments on the belief that proper manners come with statues / " good breeding" ,we have the aristocracy ( represented by the stepsisters ) presented as the incredibly shallow, superficial and self obsessed villain of the piece , while the hero is a mere peasant who is kind hearted and of unparalleled goodness. The sister's not recognising her is a comment on how superficial they are and on Cinderella's kindness, Cinderella's kindness doesn't get affected by how she's dressed ( be it at home as a servant or as a princess at a ball ) ,it gets displayed Infront of the prince giving him a good reason to fall for her , the other ladies try to copy her look thinking that's what makes her attractive which is a comment on how some people in society blindly follow trends only cause it's popular and Cinderella, despite her lack of a "proper up bringing" ( these events historically speaking were incredibly formal and had a tone of rules of proper etiquette, also If you look at late 17th century noble women's footwear you'll realise why her slipper fell off, these style of footwear only covered the front and the bottom of the foot with a small hill at the back ) she managed to fit perfectly well amongst them showcasing the message that it doesn't matter where you come from but how you carry yourself. And finally, she fooled everyone into thinking she's a princess with the ending serving as a plot twist to the characters within the story ( we already know what's up , on a side note the stepmother could've hired more people to be servants ,they were incredibly wealthy though it doesn't specify statues // I hypothesize that her father's a Marquee since it says that " the slipper was first tried on the Princesses,then the Duchesses and THEN to the sister's , next in line in terms of rank are the marquees // wealthy households during Perrault's/Grimm's time were expected to have many servants and the fact that she doesn't really speaks about her hatered towards her and how she wanted to have sole control over her , to groom her to become an obedient servant ) In certain stories, like Snow White and Hansel and Gretel it eas originally an evil mother but the Grimm's changed it later on into stepmother's cause they held biological mothers to very high esteem ( father's though according to their writing, they can go f*ck themselves 🤣🤣🤣, ) It's not the most complex narrative in the world ,but I personally find it very charming and I like the messages it has ... Thanks for coming to my TedTalk 😜🤣🤣🤣🤣.

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 2 дня назад

    28:42 I heard this in Ren and Stimpy

  • @kellystanton7378
    @kellystanton7378 2 дня назад

    I love this video! Thank you for deconstructing Cinderella and her step-family! Also, thanks for pointing out that she wasn't looking to be rescued - she just wanted to get her party on! When the clock struck midnight, she didn't say, "OMG, save me!" She was just like, "Hey, time's up - gotta go!"

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 2 дня назад

    14:42 why did Gepetto make this?

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 2 дня назад

    When you were talking about adaptations that are better than the source material, my mind went to Captain Underpants. As a fan of the book series, I say the movie is better because it is simultaneously faithful to and also deviates from the books in certain aspects

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 2 дня назад

    The “leave the sewing to the women” line weirds me out. How often is it in these movies that the woman is the sexist one?

  • @jamesa.romano8500
    @jamesa.romano8500 2 дня назад

    I can't remember what video it was where the top comment was "If Bill Clinton was the first black President, then Cinderella was the first black Disney Princess." Not literally, but in some way kinda yeah LOL

  • @oscarsimon1998
    @oscarsimon1998 2 дня назад

    Discovered your channel today and loving it so far! Can't wait for Sleeping Beauty essay!

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      Look for that one sometime early next year! Next up is Alice in Wonderland.

  • @onbearfeet
    @onbearfeet 2 дня назад

    One note on "Keep Calm and Carry On": that campaign was never used! The materials were discovered decades after the war. Apparently they were intended to be deployed in the event of a German invasion. So "passive" might not be as good a description as "keeping civilians out of the SOE's way". British propaganda that was actually used during the war had a somewhat different tone.

  • @Kiiriminna
    @Kiiriminna 2 дня назад

    I've never enjoyed watching Cinderella, but it was only once I grew older and (arguable) wiser that I realized why. Simply put, the family dynamics shown in the film hit little too close to the home. And not in the way you might think. No, I wasn't Cinderella, and neither was any of my sisters... instead, my mother was. Our father played the role of evil "stepmother" (always disgarding her opinions, always belittling her daily workload of caring for four children while also doing almost all the housework, always blaming her for everything that went wrong), while me and my sisters watched and then copied his actions - just like the stepsisters did. It's... unsettling to realize something like that about yourself; especially since it's still so very easy to slip up and return to those old behavioral patterns. And that's why I personally find this movie so very uncomfortable.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      I hope things have gotten better for your mother.

  • @ZephLodwick
    @ZephLodwick 2 дня назад

    I started watching your stuff with your reviews of the package films. Your review of Bambi is one of my favorite film reviews on RUclips I've ever watched.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      I'm glad to hear it, that's the one I'm most proud of!

  • @bexthewitch87
    @bexthewitch87 2 дня назад

    Thank you for putting respect on my girl, Cindy's name!!!! So many people don't understand the actual theme of this story and it shows. She's one of my favorite princesses and I think all the versions we have are great~

  • @lockedcow727
    @lockedcow727 2 дня назад

    The “Toy Story 2” story is not exactly correct. While most of what you said was true, they ended up scrapping that version of the movie anyway. Your larger point I believe is well taken though: Disney should put up this work on Disney+

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      I did not know that! Still a shit move to lay her off, though.

  • @Eszra
    @Eszra 2 дня назад

    Actually had she been Cinderella's mother by birth, she would have treated her 1000% better because she's everything Anastasia and Drizella aren't! She is physically attractive, talented, and graceful. She would be her pawn! Yes she would only love her for that, but if she raised her then Cindy wouldn't be Cindy.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      But Tremaine could have done all that with Cindy as a stepdaughter. She was her legal guardian, and could have just as easily climbed socially by trying to push her in addition to the other two. Instead she chose to be petty and cruel. You can find plenty of horror stories of birth mothers sabotaging their daughters out of jealousy.

    • @Eszra
      @Eszra 2 дня назад

      @@werothegreat She didn't because she wasn't her blood child. She would have more power over her as a blood child. If Cindy married in to a rich family, the Tremaine would end up also benefiting from it. But as her step mother she wouldn't. She wanted only the best for her girls. But if Cindy had been again she wouldn't be Cindy.

    • @ericlager4512
      @ericlager4512 2 дня назад

      ​@@Eszra Still means nothing. Look at The Sixth Sense. An example of a biological mother poisoning and eventually causing the death of her biological daughter due to Munchausen's by proxy.

  • @dmman33
    @dmman33 2 дня назад

    This video connects so many threads because Disney’s Cinderella is the basis for so many ideas. It was literally released at the midpoint of the 20th Century, and so sparked various cultural notions after its release. And, yes, played a role in popularizing the idea of Found Family that is rightfully the progressive conception of human relationships. Disney’s Cinderella’s moving from cinema to home video helped that process. How will streaming change it? How are younger generations responding to the Disney Animated Canon? The Disney Animated Canon ARE secured texts in the history of animation as an art form and in the lives of the children who grew up on them. But like all sacred texts, the DAC exists in time and context. Yes, they were created to be universal and timeless, and most view them that way. But all things exist in time! Thank you for your work and this series. This is some of the best analysis on RUclips!

  • @beastcity9651
    @beastcity9651 2 дня назад

    @10:01 "The shoe could have fit anyone!" The slippers were made of glass FORMFITTED to Cinderella's feet. People do not share the exact same foot shape.

    • @MrSophire
      @MrSophire 12 часов назад

      Exactly, I have a high instep, skinny heel and a size 5 foot. I hate shoe shopping because if the even they had my size I had make sure it wasn’t digging into my foot but not to lose on the heel. Fun times

  • @timothylyons1529
    @timothylyons1529 2 дня назад

    I thought lady tremaine hated Cinderella for she threat in social status climbing scheme

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      Who knows why abusers abuse? They only ever have excuses, not reasons.

    • @timothylyons1529
      @timothylyons1529 2 дня назад

      @ not excusing lady tremaine just saying she has reason cause let’s be real she doesn’t even love her own daughters just seeing them as way to boost her status in life

  • @NuttersIncorporated
    @NuttersIncorporated 2 дня назад

    I work in a nursery and whenever I tell the children the story of Cinderella, I call the stepsisters cruel rather than ugly. While Cinderella faces the more obvious abuse in this movie, I’d argue that Lady Tremain abuses her biological daughters too. However, Anastasia and Drizella don’t recognise it because she abuses them in a different way to Cinderella. Anastasia and Drizella are selfish, petty and shallow but they don’t know any better because of how their mother raised them. They seem to have been raised in isolation. They only had each other, their mother (who shaped their world view) and their stepsister Cinderella, who they were encouraged to mistreat. They don’t seem to have friends and were raised with high expectations placed on them. Other than when they are bullying Cinderella, Anastasia and Drizella don’t even get to be on the same side. They always have to compete and, because of that, they are constantly putting each other down. Lady Tremain told her daughters they had to be perfect and marry well so that’s all they care about. Anastasia and Drizella don’t have any hobbies (they have lessons but not hobbies), skills or friends. They want to be rich and married to someone important. Outside of that, there have no interests. Lady Tremain treats her daughters as pawns to help her climb the social ladder. However, she was more obviously cruel to Cinderella and she didn’t make Anastasia and Drizella servants in their own home so they don’t recognise the abuse. They think she wants what’s best for them. Cinderella escapes her abusers at the end of the movie which is wonderful. Unfortunately, Anastasia and Drizella are left alone with their abuser at the end. Things are going to get worse for them because they’ve lost their servant/slave/the one thing they could agree on. In all likelihood, they will turn on each other even more than they already do.

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 2 дня назад

      The sequels do explore this; Anastasia also gets to escape the abuse.

  • @KaminoKatie
    @KaminoKatie 2 дня назад

    The Unshaved Mouse's theory of The Fairy Godmother and The Blue Fairy being the same person while also being Cinderella's absentee mother is hysterical

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      If Wish had been 10 minutes longer they would have found some way to make that canon

    • @KaminoKatie
      @KaminoKatie 2 дня назад

      @@werothegreat Like any god-like woman who had an unexpected baby and is fearing a potential scandal, The Blue Fairy/The Fairy Godmother goes out for a cigarette and never comes back

  • @MrXemnas1992
    @MrXemnas1992 2 дня назад

    alice is next? subscribing for sure.

  • @matheus5230
    @matheus5230 2 дня назад

    What you said about the depiction of magic in films is also how I feel about super-powers in super-hero movies. The iconic scene of Superman rescuing Lois Lane from an helycopter accident in Superman The Movie has so much awe and wonder, it really is about how wonderful the sight of a man can fly really is! That kind of awe is gone in nearly all modern super-hero movies.

  • @matheus5230
    @matheus5230 2 дня назад

    Fantastic video, and the criticisms against Cinderella's character really boil down to "let's blame the victim". Whether the film gives too much running time to the mice or not (and I can understand how some people really don't like them), their existence is key to show how kind Cinderella is. It would definitely be wrong to cut them from the film altogether. The imagery of the bubbles scene is one of the most visually inspired and magical in the Disney canon, same for the dress transformation and the dance with the prince. I also really agree with Walt's own feelings that Cinderella's character was, both in the animation and in the writing, an improvement over Snow White's character.

    • @werothegreat
      @werothegreat 2 дня назад

      Cindy definitely feels more grounded than Snow, with more resignation leading to her breakdown. I like Snow, but she is a little too peppy lol

    • @matheus5230
      @matheus5230 2 дня назад

      ​@@werothegreatIndeed. If I'm not mistaken, Walt said something more or less like "with Cinderella, we had a better grasp of how to write women".

  • @m3rrys0ngstr3ss
    @m3rrys0ngstr3ss 2 дня назад

    I remember getting that "Gus" joke years down the line, and yes, it was funny, but I also thought it was a good bit of characterization - Ella's not stupid, she'd had an education!