Snow White Puts Her Big Boy Pants On: A Media Makeover

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May 112012
 

Snow White Puts Her Big Boy Pants On:
What This Princess’s Media Makeover Says About Modern-Day Femininity

Disney’s Snow White (1937) and Once Upon a Time’s Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) (2012)

Everyone knows the story of Snow White:  a young princess is forced to flee from a wicked, vain queen and finds herself in the company of a group of tiny dwarf miners, until her prince comes along and saves her from her poison-apple-induced sleep.  For years, children worldwide have watched the iconic Disney film and seen its characters plastered on every type of merchandise imaginable.  And the message this burned into the memory of little girls everywhere is clear: true love conquers all. Continue reading »

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Manic Movie Magic: Mirror Mirror

 Movies, Review  1 Response »
Apr 202012
 

Fairy tales; we’ve been watching them, listening to them, and even repeating them over and over again ever since we were little. And then Hollywood goes ahead and makes all new versions of them just so we can shell out more money to go and see a movie which is exactly the same story we already know with the occasional twist in it. But are all reimaginings bad, or does a few bad apple spoil the bunch?

Mirror Mirror on the wall, which is the most insipid fairytale film of them all? Well, actually, I think that very special honor goes to A Cinderella Story.  But that doesn’t mean this one doesn’t come close.

This week on Manic Movie Magic, let’s take a look at Mirror Mirror.

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