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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-12-22 03:14 pm

[ SECRET POST #2181 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2181 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2012-12-23 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I agree that it's best when things are organic, but my major problem wiuth that line of reasoning is that a lot of people seem to assume that people are always doing the latter anytime that they include anything remotely controversial or that could be viewed as a social issue in a children's film. Anything that doesn't fit the status quo is somehow people pushing their social agenda and messing with a good thing just to get their message across. So, I can agree with you in theory, but not in practice.

I think the real issue is more with how high-handed they get in how they portray the situation in the film, not with their reasoning for switching things up. If they get overly preachy and in your face and ridiculous in the film, that can definitely ruin things and I'd rather steer clear of that. But the fact remains that right now, if someone wants to make a movie with two princesses (or princes) instead of a prince and a princess people are naturally going to assume that it's because they want to Send a Message and they're never going to assume it's just organic, because so many people are stuck in the mindset that if anyone's going to fall in love in a fairy tale, it should be a boy and a girl and that's that. That attitude's not going to change until people actually take a risk and start making films that involve two princesses (or two princes) and it becomes less of an oddity and more of an accepted thing.