As Father’s Day approaches, we take a look at dads, through the eyes of Disney movies…
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
This article contains mild spoilers forThe Little Mermaid,Aladdin,Frozen,Moana, andBeauty And The Beast.
Cant people see that they only want simpler dog memes and whats best for their daughters?
Maybe if they werent so headstrong and feisty…
Narrative Necessity explains a lot of story cliches.
humiliatingly in front of the one they should really be with.
The storys got to happen somehow.
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Disney movies are no stranger to these tropes.
Many Disney movies simply wouldnt happen without severe trauma leading to questionable parenting.
Frozen, for example, is a film where nearly everything occurs due to the mistakes of well-meaning parents.
Then, Elsa and Annas parents go off sailing into an ominous storm, and probably die.
Maybe they just fake their deaths and go hang out on Responsibility Free Island with Bruce Wayne.
Aladdins tale was added toArabian Nightsin 1710, andThe Little Mermaidwas first published in 1837.
The Brothers Grimms first collection of fairy tales was published in 1812.
The reason Disney dads are like that Monty Python sketch is theyre both inspired by the same stories.
The young person grows throughout the course of the story, stepping up in the face of sudden hardship.
I think we can all agree this is a better outcome, but the stories remain similar.
These similarities belong to the old stories that Disney retell.
Its an ongoing process.
