Petition about Merida

[rabid1st]

You know, I don't generally sign online petitions. Or bother the rest of you with them. But then, I read that Disney wants to Disney-fy one of the most natural heroines of modern animation.

Look what they want to do to Merida...to make her a proper princess. And think about the irony of that idea, given the entire thrust of Brave, the film that brought her to us. This really does send a horrible message of conformity to our children.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/merida-brave-makeover_n_3238223.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Comments

[auntiesuze.livejournal.com]

That is utterly ridiculous! I've signed the petition. I don't know if it will do any good, but Merida is perfect just the way she is. She doesn't need to be glammed up and stripped of everything that made her so unique.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

Yes. Exactly. It goes against everything that Merida represented in Brave. She fought so hard for her identity as a wild child and then Disney just jams her into their little box of perfect femininity. GAH!

Thanks for signing.

[gonewithoutjam.livejournal.com]

It is fairly icky that they've decided to make the one heroine they had who stood out look exactly like all the rest.

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

I know. I think if the entire movie that featured Merida hadn't been about her refusal to be a fancy, ordinary princess, then I might have been less troubled by this makeover. But it is as if Disney has dismissed her into Princess Oblivion.