The original disney movie was already an insane perversion of the original tale
Basically any disney movie though.
I can understand changing it for the happily ever aspect of it though versus "the little mermaid turns to sea foam at the end" version because the prince chooses another woman ending. .....not going to move a lot of merchandise for movie where kids come out crying. At least they were all white in that movie.
Imo the original tale is a much more impact take away than the disney. Maybe disney fucked everybody up with their "everything is a happy ending" take on every story ever made. "Fairy tales" were never defined that way before disney. They were basically the opposite in all cases or extremely real world scenarios / interactions happened in the "fairy tale".
Disney's Beauty and the Beast is possibly the worst messaging ever to impressionable children:
"Reject your father and alpha men of your own race, even war heroes, in favor of an abusive, mentally unstable literal beast. Because you can change him into a perfect gentleman. And Stockholm Syndrome doesn't exist, it's perfectly normal to fall in love with your captor."
True. But I'll still give disney credit during the " Renaissance era" for trying to capture the feel of the "golden age era" and trying to have some good messages in it that actually appealed to families. Now it's just "girl boss" moments and diversity messaging with new material and live action remakes. For instance Frozen was based off the Ice Queen. To your point the original story would have been more impactful instead of the new route of "women empowerment". Won't give them a dime of my money now and my family steers clear of the new stuff unless heavily vetted by me first.
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