101 dalmatians

[schmerica]

You know, before the 80 millionth time watching it (the small children like puppies), I never noticed that one of the ways we're clued in Cruella DeVil is evil in the live action 101 Dalmatians is through her feminist leanings.

Anita is good because she wants to get married and have babies and finally get away from this job -- which is good enough now, but not after she has a *family*. Dearie me, no!

But, god, we shouldn't even be surprised Cruella is a ruthless puppy killer. She's obviously one of those man-hating ambitious women. You know how *they* are.

Comments

[ellenore.livejournal.com]

Disney, although generally cool about ethnicity and gay/lesbian matters, has some truly FUCKED UP subtexts about women's issues. I remember The Princess Diaries making me extraordinarily angry.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Man, all I remember about The Princess Diaries is that it had Julie Andrews and the girl from Get Real in it. The rest of it has drifted off somewhere.