1st May, 2022
We've heard about princesses who are gorgeous but are completely helpless and devoid of self-sufficiency. However, Disney, lakorns, and pretty much anything I'd seen until this point are nothing but good at goldcoating the decaying teeth. They used romance to hide up things that doesn't work in the toxic, aimless, or codependence relationship.
To me, movies are social norms in action. The plot of the movie is the viewpoint of the director, and how the public receives it reflects the stereotypes and biases they have. However, there is this motive in films that exists across boundaries of culture: damsel in distress.
Those are movies where princess sings with animals when waiting for her prince to rescue her, kiss her, and give her the "happily ever after" trademark. As I reasoned it now, it was probably one of the subtle trick that playwright used to end the story when he's too tired to continue.
However, I won't spend the rest of today's post rambling and ranting about that. On the other hand, I want to show you how movies and life could have been if men and women are more independent through two women that I really loved.
Tiana in Princess and the Frog
Unlike her counterparts, Tiana is an ordinary folk with big dreams. Although life wasn't easy to her, she is grateful for her parents and what they had. When others see work, Tiana found opportunities to make her dreams come true. She is the true embodiment of feminism that people rarely got the chance to understand it properly.
Aside from work, Tiana is also authentic in her love life. She didn't wait for a prince to spawn up out of nowhere and give her luxuries. She didn't just dump Prince Naveen after he said that he's useless; instead, as their relationship grows, his confidence grows with it.
I could have gone on forever, but let's just listen to Almost There for now.
Adèle Castillon
Let me ramble about VIDEOCLUB a bit. I found the duo when Adèle and Matthieu was still deeply in love with one another, which was also me and my boyfriend. I can't tell if it's a coincidence if they broke up somewhere near the time our romance dies out.
However, what struck me most about VIDEOCLUB was not the duo itself but Adèle. She was wonderful before, during, and after that relationship. She didn't let it define her, but remained her authentic self all the time. No matter how tough life was, her Youtube channel's description never changed: "Je veux tout faire dans ma vie ok?" (I want to do everything in my life ok?)
There is something beautiful about seeing women so deeply in love with no one but herself and It shows how man is an accessory, not a necessity to her. Being independent is the new sexy, and I fucking love that.
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