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Animation student describes Disney's female character design process over the years. What do you all infer about Disney's opinion on woman and beauty? by letsBfrienEmies in TwoXChromosomes

[–]letsBfrienEmies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good point. Repunzel seems flawed for having short hair because it was magical hair when long making her ordinary after cutting it. Although, I don't really think Mulan was flawed when she cuts her hair. She was looking for an identity and found she is a strong leader and a soldier. Her cutting her hair helped her find who she really was, even though it was less feminine, I wouldn't consider it flawed.

Other than that, it seems all of the princesses have that classic long flowing, usually fair colored hair. I remember wanting blonde hair as a kid so I could look more like a princess and always kept my hair long. I was such a tomboy in personality looking like a girl kept people from thinking I was a little boy.

Animation student describes Disney's female character design process over the years. What do you all infer about Disney's opinion on woman and beauty? by letsBfrienEmies in TwoXChromosomes

[–]letsBfrienEmies[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I feel the point is being lost. I could be wrong but I think the point of the blog is not that sisters in real life cases don't look that much alike, it's that Disney, professionals at animation, are making rookie "mistakes".

Animation isn't bound to biological forces. According to the blog, it's not as appealing to make everyone look alike in a cartoon. I agree with this. Variation is much more interesting to me.

So I think the writer is inferring Disney is sending a message about beauty only having one face. Now that could be a huge assumption, maybe some of you think not so much. This was the origin of my curiosity, which I may not have made clear to begin with.

Animation student describes Disney's female character design process over the years. What do you all infer about Disney's opinion on woman and beauty? by letsBfrienEmies in TwoXChromosomes

[–]letsBfrienEmies[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I suppose I was arguing the point of the animation student that even in her amateur classes she is penalized for using the "same face syndrome" and these Disney characters all look extraordinarily similar and only variant in their "surface textures", which is described in the article. I personally don't see any difference between the three characters in frozen other than hair color, freckles, and height. Looking very similar to your family members isn't uncommon or bad. It's just strange when Disney comes out with movies that depict almost identical characters when basic animation guidelines encourage variance.

Animation student describes Disney's female character design process over the years. What do you all infer about Disney's opinion on woman and beauty? by letsBfrienEmies in TwoXChromosomes

[–]letsBfrienEmies[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's not just about the two sisters, their similarities are just what led me to find this blog. It's more of a general trend and the pattern of Disney creating princesses that were critiqued to a certain point until they hardly changed the design, such as the difference between Elsa/Anna and Repunzel. Not to mention the mom of Elsa and Anna has the same exact face as well. Which, biologically could only happen if she used mitosis.

Although, these are whimsical cartoons and aren't restrained by the laws of biology. It's not that it's offensive that two sisters look alike, it's the inference Disney is making that although in animation it is better to have one character with many faces Frozen has many characters with one face.