Lies!!! I clearly know my Disney movies, as this BuzzFeed ranks me as queen of my Disney princesses!!!! :))) All is now right in the world. Can you pair movie quotes with Disney princesses? Take this quiz and find out!!!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/which-disney-princess-said-it#.mwEZdmamm
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Put to Test Your Disney Movie Knowledge!
Take this Disney Quiz and see how well you know your disney movies!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/can-you-identify-a-disney-movie-from-just-some-random-frame#.gvGQ2N3NN
Apparently I'm mediocre when I thought I was great! #5outof10 #bitter.
They do ask super obscure things though so do not be discouraged! I still consider myself to be a dedicated and knowledgeable Disney lover and fan! Peace love Disney :)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/can-you-identify-a-disney-movie-from-just-some-random-frame#.gvGQ2N3NN
Apparently I'm mediocre when I thought I was great! #5outof10 #bitter.
They do ask super obscure things though so do not be discouraged! I still consider myself to be a dedicated and knowledgeable Disney lover and fan! Peace love Disney :)
Monday, March 2, 2015
Why Hercules=Great Disney Movie
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lizardb1/why-hercules-is-so-underrated-p5jo?sub=3359360_3216812#.hcOMx5B55
Preach to whoever wrote this! Hercules is literally the best Disney movie ever. The music is PHENOMENAL, the muses are THE S**T, the morals are actually pretty great, and the female protagonist Meg is badass, no nonsense, and one of those typical googly-eyed females in Disney movies. Literally the movie is hilarious, largely due to Hades, his two little minions ("if...if is good :)) ) and of course Phil!!! Cry every time Hercules becomes a success at the end and the villagers proudly say, that's Phil's boy! So cute!!! Meg's sass is great and she makes Hercules work for her love, largely because she sold her soul to her previous boyfriend but we can overlook that!!! And lastly, who doesn't love a good take on Greek mythology? I DO!!!!!
Preach to whoever wrote this! Hercules is literally the best Disney movie ever. The music is PHENOMENAL, the muses are THE S**T, the morals are actually pretty great, and the female protagonist Meg is badass, no nonsense, and one of those typical googly-eyed females in Disney movies. Literally the movie is hilarious, largely due to Hades, his two little minions ("if...if is good :)) ) and of course Phil!!! Cry every time Hercules becomes a success at the end and the villagers proudly say, that's Phil's boy! So cute!!! Meg's sass is great and she makes Hercules work for her love, largely because she sold her soul to her previous boyfriend but we can overlook that!!! And lastly, who doesn't love a good take on Greek mythology? I DO!!!!!
Funny Disney Truths!
http://fun.diply.com/omg-facts/hilarious-disney-truths/71502/3
This is actually so horrible but hilarious! Gotta love it though when people are frank with Disney movies and take them so literally. #disneyneverwins but I swear this will make you laugh!
My personal favorites...
#5: Picture of Peter Pan holding out his hand to Wendy to go to Neverland captioned: He's climbing out your windows, snatching your people up!!! Ahahaha literally cried, if you don't remember this reference, watch this video ASAP ()
#7: Pocohantas declares her love for John Smith and the audience is so torn/happy cause they're so gosh darn cute. She says they'll be together forever, but it seems forever is defined as years till the next Englishman comes along. #stillbitterandconfused
#13: LOLOL Jasmine asking Aladdin if it's safe to ride the magic carpet, yet she has a freaking TIGER for a pet!!!! Gotta love the reasoning behind her decisions. #questionable
This is actually so horrible but hilarious! Gotta love it though when people are frank with Disney movies and take them so literally. #disneyneverwins but I swear this will make you laugh!
My personal favorites...
#5: Picture of Peter Pan holding out his hand to Wendy to go to Neverland captioned: He's climbing out your windows, snatching your people up!!! Ahahaha literally cried, if you don't remember this reference, watch this video ASAP ()
#7: Pocohantas declares her love for John Smith and the audience is so torn/happy cause they're so gosh darn cute. She says they'll be together forever, but it seems forever is defined as years till the next Englishman comes along. #stillbitterandconfused
#13: LOLOL Jasmine asking Aladdin if it's safe to ride the magic carpet, yet she has a freaking TIGER for a pet!!!! Gotta love the reasoning behind her decisions. #questionable
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Live Blog on The Lion King!
Live Blog on The Lion King!!!
- For one, can we just acknowledge that Rafiki is the coolest, most badass characters and can out laugh any character known to man!
Kay, just had to throw that out there before I continued
- Love the Daddy-Son bonding time going on between Mufasa and Simba but it's so testosterone filled! With the deep voices and hunting and you're gonna step into my place today and preserve the patriarchy and rah rah rah!
- Okay I totally see now how Scar is feminized; I feel like I may have subconsciously felt something was different but could never put my finger on it. His very polite and proper laying position/stance, his innocent smirks and facial expressions, his well groomed and girlishly-styled hair totally contributed to this prissy, girly, silently dramatic lion.
- Damn, at times I feel at time Simba and Nala are a bit too close for comfort!
- The hyenas literally make the movie for me. Whoopi=perfection.
- Urghh that ominous, depressing music that they play when Simba and Mufasa are serious but being cute that foreshadows that Mufasa is going to die literally makes me want to cry.
- Ahahaaaha the hyenas retorts towards Scar are priceless: "Oh Scar, its just you, we were afraid it was somebody important!" LOL love it, however in this same scene they inadvertently give Scar the idea to kill Mufasa, thus despite their humor, I hate the hyenas!!!
- I just want to smack Scar playing so innocent and making the vulnerable Simba a fool! SO evil
- I've actually seen this movie no lie probably over fifty times and I always try to refrain from crying when Simba finds his father dead...AND I FAIL EVERY TIME! :(((((
- Whoever thought to create Timon and Pumbaa for comedic relief is literally genius. I go from crying my eyes out with Mufasa's death to laughing hysterically within minutes, that's saying something!
- Okay Simba is cute and young when I'm singing along to Hakuna Matata, look away to grab something, look back and he's A FREAKING ADULT!!!!......da fudge? Now that is definitely what you can call an abrupt transition
- AHAHAHAH just caught something literally for the first time! What are those lights up in the sky? Timon: They're fireflies (in a confident voice). Pumba: I always thought they were balls of gas burning millions of miles away! Ahahahahaha and we say Pumba is dumb
- Rafiki :)))) Makes me wanna have a baboon for a pet
- Nala and Simba <33333333
- Can you feel the love tonight: Best disney song ever.
- I will never tire of the Lion King!
Peace Love Disney :)
Putnam's Chapter on Transgendered Villains
So I REALLY liked Putnam's chapter on the depiction of Disney villains as transgendered. Not only did she provide a lot of solid and meaningful evidence to support her argument, but also she raised a lot of interesting points that I had never before considered!
To start, I appreciated the anecdote she provides in the beginning of the chapter, relating her interest in transgendered villains to her daughters comment that she "wants to watch one [Disney movie] without a mean lady." I always think it's cool when authors interconnect their argument with personal experiences because it provides more character and in some cases allows for the audience to the relate the author! Similarly, I thought the essay was well organized and structured. She begins with an anecdote, segues into her argument by assigning characteristics to heroines and villains, and then follows this with specific examples from Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. Everything that she included seemed pertinent to her argument and she did not attempt to put in fluffy, unnecessary details.
In this article, "Mean Ladies: Transgendered Villains," Putnam asserts that Disney story lines "'disrupt and frustrate heterosexuality's dominance' by antagonizing the happily-ever-after of the heroes and heroines" (149). The quote illustrates the purpose of the villain: to destroy all that is good with the characters that we love. Putnam conveys that it is this negativity associated with the villains that causes the anti-heterosexual characteristics presented by villains to be considered bad. Consequently, Disney female villains are masculinized and Disney male villains are feminized.
One thing that I never really paid attention to was the emphasis placed on the outfits of the heroines. Putnam sheds light on the provocative, form-fitting outfits seen on our beloved Disney heroines that accentuate their physical features, in effect enhancing their heterosexual appeal. On the other hand, Disney female villains are often portrayed in a "mannish fashion"--both physically and behavioral--in order to heighten the contrast to the heroine. The ugliness that rests within each Disney female villain is truly insulting, as it does subtly contribute to a hatred towards them that becomes a hatred towards their gender identities and beliefs.
A great example of this is the character Ursula. The article points out the masculinity found in Ursula but illustrates this relation to transgenderism in a really cool way. Putnam addresses the dramatic, flamboyant traits assigned to Ursula that suggest her transgendered nature in offering that "...Ursula's overweight body and tentacles, her deep voice, and the excessive sexualized shimmies are a reminiscent of a drag queen on stage, overly made up and singing, appearing both female and male simultaneously" (155). While I always considered Ursula to be a bit manly, especially because of her deep voice and someone grotesque facial features, I had never thought of Ursula in relation to drag queens. Her over-theatrical and booming persona really does resemble the flamboyant drag queens that we see today; this would be fine had Disney not portrayed her as the villain. I don't doubt that Disney in some way wanted to view homophobia in a negative light, seeing that homophobia was prominent in the early 1930s and Disney is known for maintaining traditional views, but it is really disappointing because this does impact the way kids see things. After taking a closer look at Disney movies, I understand why we should not underestimate the influence that Disney has on the subconscious of youth. Putnam even states that the transgendered characteristics assigned to villains to distinguish between good and evil "becomes a disjointed misinformation telling young children that difference is not okay..." (155). Yes children should know good from bad, however, when you begin to associate that bad with issues of someone's gender identity (i.e being LGBT), you are attempting to shape a child's views towards a completely skewed, ignorant perspective and that is not okay.
Lol enough of my rant, touching on another point, I appreciated the detail Putnam gave to the transgendered descriptions of the characters within movies. Pointing out how Jafar is the only male figure in Aladdin that wears a gown instead of pants and illustrating Scar's failure to secure a female mate despite having absolute means to do so really brought to light things that were not immediately obvious.
Lastly, I enjoyed Putnam's conclusion. In Decoding Disney, we discussed how it's wise to start specific in the conclusion but end broad. She sums her points on transgendered villains in Disney and then transitions into the impact of transgendered appearances on society, specifically that of preschoolers like her daughter (which I particularly like because she's reintroducing the anecdote that she mentioned in the intro), serving to enhance the relation of the audience to her argument.
Overall, I really enjoyed Putnam's analysis and felt that I walked away with a changed perspective of Disney villains!
Peace Love Disney :)))
To start, I appreciated the anecdote she provides in the beginning of the chapter, relating her interest in transgendered villains to her daughters comment that she "wants to watch one [Disney movie] without a mean lady." I always think it's cool when authors interconnect their argument with personal experiences because it provides more character and in some cases allows for the audience to the relate the author! Similarly, I thought the essay was well organized and structured. She begins with an anecdote, segues into her argument by assigning characteristics to heroines and villains, and then follows this with specific examples from Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. Everything that she included seemed pertinent to her argument and she did not attempt to put in fluffy, unnecessary details.
In this article, "Mean Ladies: Transgendered Villains," Putnam asserts that Disney story lines "'disrupt and frustrate heterosexuality's dominance' by antagonizing the happily-ever-after of the heroes and heroines" (149). The quote illustrates the purpose of the villain: to destroy all that is good with the characters that we love. Putnam conveys that it is this negativity associated with the villains that causes the anti-heterosexual characteristics presented by villains to be considered bad. Consequently, Disney female villains are masculinized and Disney male villains are feminized.
One thing that I never really paid attention to was the emphasis placed on the outfits of the heroines. Putnam sheds light on the provocative, form-fitting outfits seen on our beloved Disney heroines that accentuate their physical features, in effect enhancing their heterosexual appeal. On the other hand, Disney female villains are often portrayed in a "mannish fashion"--both physically and behavioral--in order to heighten the contrast to the heroine. The ugliness that rests within each Disney female villain is truly insulting, as it does subtly contribute to a hatred towards them that becomes a hatred towards their gender identities and beliefs.
A great example of this is the character Ursula. The article points out the masculinity found in Ursula but illustrates this relation to transgenderism in a really cool way. Putnam addresses the dramatic, flamboyant traits assigned to Ursula that suggest her transgendered nature in offering that "...Ursula's overweight body and tentacles, her deep voice, and the excessive sexualized shimmies are a reminiscent of a drag queen on stage, overly made up and singing, appearing both female and male simultaneously" (155). While I always considered Ursula to be a bit manly, especially because of her deep voice and someone grotesque facial features, I had never thought of Ursula in relation to drag queens. Her over-theatrical and booming persona really does resemble the flamboyant drag queens that we see today; this would be fine had Disney not portrayed her as the villain. I don't doubt that Disney in some way wanted to view homophobia in a negative light, seeing that homophobia was prominent in the early 1930s and Disney is known for maintaining traditional views, but it is really disappointing because this does impact the way kids see things. After taking a closer look at Disney movies, I understand why we should not underestimate the influence that Disney has on the subconscious of youth. Putnam even states that the transgendered characteristics assigned to villains to distinguish between good and evil "becomes a disjointed misinformation telling young children that difference is not okay..." (155). Yes children should know good from bad, however, when you begin to associate that bad with issues of someone's gender identity (i.e being LGBT), you are attempting to shape a child's views towards a completely skewed, ignorant perspective and that is not okay.
Lol enough of my rant, touching on another point, I appreciated the detail Putnam gave to the transgendered descriptions of the characters within movies. Pointing out how Jafar is the only male figure in Aladdin that wears a gown instead of pants and illustrating Scar's failure to secure a female mate despite having absolute means to do so really brought to light things that were not immediately obvious.
Lastly, I enjoyed Putnam's conclusion. In Decoding Disney, we discussed how it's wise to start specific in the conclusion but end broad. She sums her points on transgendered villains in Disney and then transitions into the impact of transgendered appearances on society, specifically that of preschoolers like her daughter (which I particularly like because she's reintroducing the anecdote that she mentioned in the intro), serving to enhance the relation of the audience to her argument.
Overall, I really enjoyed Putnam's analysis and felt that I walked away with a changed perspective of Disney villains!
Peace Love Disney :)))
God I miss my childhood!
If only I had no college work to do and could just watch Disney movies ALL the time! If you're feeling sentimental and want to look at sappy/empowering/life lessons learned from Disney movies...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/the-lion-king-eerily-predicted-the-great-dress-debate#.slDYpzvzz
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewziegler/the-lion-king-eerily-predicted-the-great-dress-debate#.slDYpzvzz
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