I was just reading an article about a new Disney ride that makes the good people thin and beautiful, then the bad people fat and lazy. They were forced to close the ride after protests that it made the "plump" kids feel bad.
They they pointed out all the movies that have a thin hero and fat evil villan. Like The Little Mermaid and Ursula.
Not only that but all older characters are plump - Cinderella's fairy godmother, the Witch Doctor in Frog Princess, Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast. What does this tell kids? Its ok to be fat if you're old?
I have long said that Disney hates mothers. Usually in the first few minutes the mom dies, or she's never mentioned at all.
Snow white - dead
Cinderella - dead
Ariel - never mentioned
Belle - never mentioned
Nemo - killed
Bambi - killed
Pinocchio - never had one
What does Walt have against moms? Seems to me that maybe Disney isn't the happiest place after all, but if we wish upon a star, we'll all be super thin, long haired beauties who live happily ever after - until we have kids that is...
I hadn't heard about the ride or the fat bias, but that's old news about Disney and mothers. Then the stepmothers are always evil.
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