sweetsarsaparilla:micdotcom:Hey Disney, let your female heroes speak.Well, yes, it seems that way if
sweetsarsaparilla:micdotcom:Hey Disney, let your female heroes speak.Well, yes, it seems that way if you only compare the amount of speaking lines and ignore everything else about the films, like run time, size of the cast, the songs, the plot, etc.Snow White is a conflict primarily between herself and the evil Queen, with assistance from the Seven Dwarves. The other spoken lines are the Prince, the magic mirror, the Huntsman and the birds, apparently. Either way Snow White is the entire focus of the film and it’s based on a short folklore story.So what about another film, like Pocahontas? In order to get the ‘star-crossed lovers’ to work it has to be set against the central conflict between the English settlers and the Powhatan tribe, dealing with themes like colonialism, culture clash, hatred and greed. She’s the protagonist but there’s a lot more going on than just her. That being said she has whole two songs dedicated entirely to her about her feelings and philosophy/religious beliefs. Surely that counts more than just statistics?Oh hey, you mentioned Beauty and the Beast! The one with nineteen voiced characters and thirty five other voices. It has a goddamn huge cast and multiple chorused songs. It has the two populated settings of a whole village and a massive castle. Of course she doesn’t get most of the lines!Gee, maybe the more modern films aren’t giving their princesses less voices but rather have the ability to have greater casts, more complex plots and bigger settings. If you think a princess’s importance to the plot can be measured by the percentage of speaking lines then stop writing articles for the love of god. -- source link