Disclaimer: This is a propaganda blog. I actually don't have a problem with the Cinderella story, it is one of my favorites. This is a homework assignment from my writing teacher. Please keep this in mind while you read!
The Disney Cinderella story is generally seen as a wonderful fairytale. I'm here to tell you that is a lie! 'How?' you ask, well I'll tell you how. In the beginning Cinderella is slaving away for her stepmother and stepsisters. Obviously the writer is against stepmothers and remarriage! He is teaching young children to avoid remarriage when there is nothing wrong with it! Not all step-parents and/or step-siblings are bad! I cannot stress this point enough.
Another thing in Cinderella is that both of her stepsisters are brunettes and Cinderella is a blonde! I am beginning to really not like this writer..........is he saying that blondes are smarter then brunettes because of their hair color?! Even though I am a blonde, I take offense to that idiotic assumption! Most of my friends are brunettes and they are very smart (though I must say, blondes are a dying breed it seems)!
In addition to my previous points I would like to point out the disturbing names used in Cinderella. The first name is, of course, Cinderella. Who is their right-mind would name their child after cinders!? It's crazy! Now the name is so integrated into society that no one see's how weird the name is, I only noticed it while I was blogging. Some other strange names that I noticed were her stepsisters names, Anastasia and Drizella, her stepmother's name, Lady Tremaine, Lady Tremaine's cat, Lucifer (another name for the Devil), Cinderella's fairy God-mother, interestingly called 'Fairy God-mother', and to top it off, Prince Charming. First of all, what is with the 'ellas'! First Cinderella and then Drizella! It's madness I tell you, madness. And don't get me started on 'Lady Tremaine', it's to ludicris to talk about. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, the writer had to go and call a cat Lucifer! Lucifer is a name for the Devil! Is the writer saying that cats are demonic! Sent here by the Devil to participate in his dirty work! It's not fair to blame cats, they don't even speak English for Heavens sake! As much as I would like to rant about the unfairness of accusing poor, defenseless cats I must go on. Oh why not, don't even try to come up with a name for Cinderella's God-mother. Just call her 'Fairy God-mother', she's not important enough to have a name huh! She's a huge part of the story you idiot! You even wrote the dang thing, the least you could do was do justice to it! Now for the last name, the cherry of lunacy for the writers dish of craziness, Prince Charming. Seriously? You named a prince Charming? That's an adjective you twit not a name! Name him after an emotion (like how girls are named Hope) sure but an adjective! Is that supposed to be attractive or something? Because, it's really not at all.
Speaking of the Prince, doesn't anyone see that he is stalking Cinderella? It's just plain creepy. His big plan is to find her by searching the kingdom for a blonde girl who's foot fits the shoe? That's not a very smart plan I have to say. Lots of girls could be blonde and have the same size foot! Not only is his name Charming (I still can't get over his idiotic name), he doesn't have any brains either! Also, if Cinderella wanted to be found and stay with him she would have stayed around or brought the extra shoe to the palace the next day. She made it apparent that she DID NOT want him around! Yet he continued to try and hunt her down and make her his bride. I think the reason why she married him was because she felt sorry for the guy, I mean his name is Charming, he isn't very smart, but most of all, because he traveled around going to ladies houses to have them try on a 'glass slipper'. It's a high-heel not a slipper hello! And flaw in the story, why did the pumpkin, the dress and the mice all go back to normal but the shoe stayed the same! It doesn't make sense.
Now that you have the facts, the knowledge of the Cinderella story flaws, are you still willing to let young children watch this? Let them think that step-parents and step-siblings are bad things that should be avoided at any cost? That some people are smarter then others because of their hair color? That stalkers are fine if they only want your shoe size? I ask, no beg, you to reconsider this tale for all people, not just the young. I can only hope that this blog has shown you the deception of the Cinderella fairytale. Thank you for reading.
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