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Post by Dr. Tinsley on Nov 23, 2010 23:25:22 GMT -5
Okay so I was thinking- Do all Disney movies have single or no parents?
Snow White- Dead mother (did her father die too?)
Cinderella- Dead mother then dead father
Little Mermaid- dead mother
Beauty and the Beast- Dead mother
Aladin- Aladin: No parents, Jasmine- Dead mother
Lion King- father dies
Princess and the frog: dead father
lilo and stitch: dead parents
toy story: no father
finding nemo: dead mother
I mean....? Does Disney have something against the traditional nuclear family or what? And does it seem that the mothers die a lot more?
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Post by datdude on Nov 23, 2010 23:27:27 GMT -5
Until the lion king it was all dead mothers and i was creeped out as a child. I think its an element of tragedy . . . that or a statement about divorce  |
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Post by LizBeth1 on Nov 23, 2010 23:32:17 GMT -5
Well, for the most part, they were mainly based off of old fairy tails, and in the old days it wasnt uncommon for a mother to die in childbirth, or the parents to die in some horrific accident. So the fairy tales mirrored that, and Disney kept with it because it let the story have some semblance of sense that would have been lost if there were suddenly a mother that would have probably protected the main character.
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Post by Dr. Tinsley on Nov 23, 2010 23:34:21 GMT -5
Yeah but still, can't we get ONE story with both parents? I'm not sure about Sleeping Beauty, I never actually saw that one. It would be nice.
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Post by LizBeth1 on Nov 23, 2010 23:37:00 GMT -5
Sleeping beauty had both parents. so there is 1. at least.
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Post by Dr. Tinsley on Nov 24, 2010 11:04:43 GMT -5
Well that's comforting. I was afraid that the Disney Empire was out to irraticate the nuclear family thus creating the 'spoilem' era in which all single parents feel the needs to over compensate for their children- which would result in more merchandise being sold and more 'suprise' visits to disney word/land - whatever.
Of course I'm not serious but it is fun to over analyze these things ^.^
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Post by LizBeth1 on Nov 24, 2010 15:48:31 GMT -5
lol actually, they would probably love that...
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Post by Phoenix Wings on Dec 7, 2010 12:54:09 GMT -5
Mulan has both parents and her grandmother, so that's two movies at least (however, the male lead's father dies off screen during the course of the film sooo...)
Sorry. Watched that movie yesterday and remembered this topic, thought I'd add my two cents.
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Post by LizBeth1 on Dec 23, 2010 14:45:14 GMT -5
SEE! Mulan gets both plus one. Si it works out even....ish. But, that could just be because Mulan was awesome.........
*starts humming Ill make a man out of you*
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Post by Dr. Tinsley on Dec 26, 2010 19:42:01 GMT -5
Yes Mulan had both parents and a grandma, but her hunny's pop got killed.
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Post by tesna on Dec 31, 2010 19:18:15 GMT -5
That's just the rules for disney....no parents. Especially a mother
Like, is Goofy the only married cast member? What happened to Max's mom?
For Pixar though, NO ONE starts out happy. Up, Toy Story (Andy's dad died in the Gulf War), Finding Nemo... I think th only exceptions are the Incredibles and Cars.
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Post by datdude on Dec 31, 2010 19:26:12 GMT -5
I cryed when Bambi's mom died and im man enough to admit it.
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Post by LizBeth1 on Dec 31, 2010 19:35:37 GMT -5
Goofy's neihbor pete has a wife and kid.
bambi was sad.
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Post by Lina Trinch on Dec 31, 2010 19:44:43 GMT -5
Goofy's neihbor pete has a wife and kid. ...... I don't remember a wife. But I'm going from the movies. Was there a wife in the tv show or something? |
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Post by tesna on Dec 31, 2010 19:59:45 GMT -5
Dude Bambi still makes me cry. And I have a no-cry rule...
Yeah Pete totally had a wife. I think she was kinda hot actually now that I think about it...but she probably married Pete for his money.
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