PREMISE 1: iconoclast (for the period) girl becomes steadily jaded and warped by trying to succeed in the fashion industry, until the desire for novelty and fame erodes all else (but lbr, disney would NEVER)
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PREMISE 2: cruella has a lifelong love of/fascination with dalmations, dogs that seem to keep cropping up at key moments in her life. as she steadily cracks, she thinks of wearing them as honoring them
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PREMISE 3: a plot wherein the longevity & utility of furs is a personal crusade of cruella's as the industry starts to phase them out; throw in some genuine dog attack trauma & the idea of 'why do we use use prey animal products but not predator products' (again Disney wouldn't)
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PREMISE 4: an absolute balls to the wall, unapologetic crazytown movie where cruella is just that weird edgy goth girl who takes her shit too far in adulthood
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PREMISE 5: child of wealthy parents grows up seeing both animals and poor people as things & resources; college friendship with anita almost turns her around, but she feels betrayed by anita marrying (& "abandoning" her) and decides to claim what she wants/deserves as revenge
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PREMISE 6: woman who has fought her whole life to be taken seriously & professionally respected gets branded a bitch, passed over for more docile but less talented anita, snaps, decides to make very literal & fucked-up point about bitches/loyal dogs/autonomy
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THAT TOOK ME LITERALLY FIFTEEN MINUTES. DISNEY HAS YEARS AND INSTEAD COMES UP WITH 'MIND-CONTROLLED DALMATIONS PUSH HER MOTHER OFF A CLIFF'. I HATE IT HERE.
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listen the gay character? does not say he is gay but dresses and talks very queerly (complimentary but also Disney that was uh an interesting choice), and cruella is so fucking queer coded like. her clothing. hair colors. wigs. whole tragic parent relationship.
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her mother tells her not to let cruella out. like. huh, call your child's evil tendencies by name. that's a choice
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I dunno, I kind of appreciate them going “what’s the campiest, least plausible reason that she’s Like This?” and just going with it
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Honestly I was never going to watch it either way, but this choice has already brought me so much joy
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