disney movies
By ashleecook
@ashleecook (199)
Canada
August 4, 2008 6:31pm CST
i know, this is going to sound like a very strange post, but it's something i'm thinking about, lol.
ever notice how so many disney movies lack a mother figure?
or something horribly tragic has happened to the mother in the story?
what is with that?
i'm sure this scares children!
the little mermaid - no mother
cinderella - evil step mother
snow white - no mother
the lion king - mother gets beat up by another lion near the end
dumbo - mother in prison
the list goes on and on! i don't know what to think of it, lol! i think it could give kids a real complex and make them worry about the safety of their own mothers.
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3 responses
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
4 Aug 08
You know, i never really thought about it lol. but i guess you are right. bambi's mother gets shot. nemo's mother gets eaten by a fish. princess jasmine from aladin, i'm not sure if they ever said what happened to her mother. in peter pan atleast the kids have both parents. i wonder if it was intentional by the creaters or if it just happened that way.
@ashleecook (199)
• Canada
4 Aug 08
it's weird, isn't it? i'm trying to think of others now..it seems there are a lot of father figures but no mothers. not sure what that is all about!
@o2bnocn (2992)
• United States
5 Aug 08
I have noticed this also. I don't know why they do this. I kind of think it is wrong. It wouldn't bother me if it was just one or two, but why does something happen in so many?
Let's not forget about bambi -- that made me cry when the mother passes away. Ok so If it made me cry, don't you think it would make kids cry? I mean i was younger when I saw it but still. A kids movie shouldn't make the kids cry or be sad at all, it should make them happy and laugh. Don't you agree?
What is with that?
@super_jj (1416)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
The producers are trying to get the sympathy of movie-goers. People usually pity those that do not have mothers. And about animal-based cartoons, it's usually the mom's that take care of the babies (except for some species), so the producers think movie-goers cry buckets over babies that lose their moms. Would'nt you? 8)
