Disney meant to make money on this and whether they make money with good ideas or bad ones doesn't seem to matter to much to them.Pixar's intent, as I argued at length above, seems notably more watered down than it usually is but that's open to interp.Public backlash is a delicate thing; the nosejobbed heroine from the princess and the frog was added to the harem as an overidealized vision and there was notably less hue and cry.
Anyways, now there's this:http://video.disney.com/watch/merida-i-am-a-princess-4dc2af5d4e65d49a9e9eda76which is hardly a subtle shift of messaging from what they'd been putting out there; this looks like a nike jr. commercial. good on them for finally recognizing they're dragging a dying stereotype but it's notable that princesses are still fully able bodied and skinny according to that video.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 9 June 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
You don't think Disney is aware that the Princess line has an image problem?
I may be misinterpreting - are you saying that Project Merida from the start is an effort from Disney to create a new type of Princess?
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 9 June 2013 20:23 (ten years ago) link
no, not at all. i think they tried to fit her into the princess fold, noted the backlash and figured she'd be more helpful (read profitable) as a tonic.
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 9 June 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link