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Why do the new generation of fairy tales hate men?

posted 10 years ago by BrotherRat
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I understand that a woman may not need a man to be "complete." I know the old saw... "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." When Frozen chose to make the prince a dope and have one sister save the other I shrugged it off. It was a good story with a bit of a twist. Besides... there was one good and loyal hero to offset the male villain.

But this story doesn't even give us a single good male. Even the prince who is Aurora's love interest is mere window dressing. The women are magical, powerful, betrayed by men, and loving to each other. The men are power hungry, love betraying, and hateful.

I don't mind a film with a strong female lead. More power to them. I don't mind if the male lead mainly supports and enables the female lead. But the overall message in this movie is men are bad and women are good. It's almost like it was written by a tween girl... right after her first boyfriend dumped her.

[–] rc1990 8 years ago

That feminazi Linda W. was behind this and the Alice remakes..

[–] Ogopogo99 8 years ago

It's an old folk tale from long before feminism and whatever.

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[–] AmeriGirl26 (15113) 6 years ago

It's because the people writing these new fairy tales are liberals that hate tradition, and are following an agenda that is counter-active towards traditional love stories and fairy-tales. Plus, some of the writers are man-hating feminists or homosexuals that loathe and despise successful hetero relationships due to jealousy.

While it is correct that true love comes in more than just the relationship between a man and a woman, the fact that Disney is putting the "true love" spotlight in other areas shows they are not appealing to tradition as much anymore, but it does call into question what exactly their goal is these days when it comes to teaching people values in their films.

But then again, Hollywood, whether people knew it or not, is not exactly a family-friendly place, and now it's starting to show with their stories.