Does Disney have something...
By ersmommy1
@ersmommy1 (12587)
United States
March 16, 2008 9:58pm CST
against mothers?The princess who loves to read seemed to be raised by a single, dotty father. No explanations for her missing mom. And she's far from the only motherless Disney character. Parental abandonment runs like a river through the original fairy tales from which Disney characters were drawn, and the theme continues to the most recent blockbusters. Snow White's mother dies in childbirth or soon thereafter. Ariel the Mermaid's mother never makes an appearance, and Jasmine's departed one gets fleeting mention. Pocahontas is on her own. And we all know about Cinderella's stepmom issues.
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@sugarfloss (2139)
• Malaysia
17 Mar 08
hello ersmommy1!I haven't thought it that way before but I guess maybe they can't relate themselves to mommies since the writers or cartoonists are mostly men.at least that's what I think.
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@miller1978 (1101)
• United States
17 Mar 08
Nice discussion. I had actually never even thought about this. But now that you have pointed it out and listed a few of the common movies that are on my movie shelf I will have to watch them over again just to make sure I didn't miss something. Interesting detail to notice and not ponder before. Thanks, now my brains going to be busy all night. 
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@owatagoosiam (751)
• United States
19 Mar 08
I think there has to be something unhappy about a character to get the story going. I'm not sure. But I see the theme.
