6. Tillie the Toiler, Polly (from Polly & her Pals), Fritzi Ritz. Even Blondie, who was originally a flapper before she married Dagwood.
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7. Aside from being a princess, the Disney female lead is always humourless (as per Walt's "too often a woman" lacks sense of humour)
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8. In the classic Disney princess movie, female lead is stiff, humourless. Comedy comes from funny animal friends or Dwarfs.
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9. The humourless Disney princess has to be set against male leads who are allowed to be funny: Pinocchio, Dumbo, etc.
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10. To their credit, more recent animated films have had funny princesses (Brave, Frozen). That only took 60 years.
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11. The class/gender connection is also interesting. Disney complains that if he trains female cartoonists, they'll just go off & marry.
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12. The Disney trope of the dead mother is connected to this. Once again, women associated with deeply serious not-funny stuff.
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13. The dead Disney mom & Disney princess both exist in an realm of narrative earnestness & decorum away from laughter & joy.
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14. If there is a feminist case to be made for Disney, it can be located in female villains.
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15. The Evil Queen, the evil step-mother, Maleficent, etc. are all given a degree of colorfulness & agency denied to princess.
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16. Thinking intersectionally, it's interesting difficulty "Snow White" model has had in encompassing non-white characters.
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17. There have of course been attempts at non-white Disney princesses but none of them have had success of classic white princess.
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18. Disney's comment about women having "a better knowledge of color" then men also points to longstanding employment practice.
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