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Love isn’t what it was: In a strangely unremarked-upon twist, Disney films have taken to subverting romance and rethinking the happy-ever-afters

Posted by Pilgrim
Tags: disney, love, princess, subverting expectations, family
https://aeon.co/essays/how-disney-took-to-subverting-its-own-romantic-ideals

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Title
How Disney took to subverting its own romantic ideals - Sophus Helle | Aeon Essays
Published
Jun 12 2019
Word count
3507 words

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    Pilgrim
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    Love, in the world of Walt Disney films, has changed. Between Tangled (2010) and Moana (2016), the ideal of heterosexual romance has been dethroned by a new ideal: family love. The happy ending of our most-watched childhood stories is no longer a kiss.

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    1. The_Fad
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      Roll tide, tho.

      The happy ending of our most-watched childhood stories is no longer a kiss.

      Roll tide, tho.

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