i spent some time reflecting in the shower today about yesterday's entry, after my run. -yes i spend most my time thinking in the shower-

and i understand why people don't like disney flicks anymore. i can see that they are depressing in someways. for instance, their versions of cinderella, snow white, beauty and the beast and other such classic fairytales.

in every story, the heroine is a pretty little thing and the hero is a strong young man.let's look at snow white for instance. she croons "someday my prince will come.." while swanning around the well in her "ragged" clothes. is it really so hard to believe her prince will come and take her away? she's the epitome of female perfection - demure, dainty, hair a glossy shade of ebony making way for a peaches and cream complexion topped off by a rosebud mouth. she also has an incredibly small waist and tiny bone structure perfect for twirling around and carrying in his "strong manly arms". any sensible male would want to sweep her off her feet, literally, and bring her home to the castle.

from the minute the disney palace is lit up on your tv screen, you just know the heroine will find her "true love" and marry him even without having a proper conversation [they sing instead of talk in those airy fairy worlds of stardust and moonlight].

we, of course, are aware that we aren't snow whites [a la kristin kreuk, if it makes you easier to picture a real live snow white]. we do not have flawless skin and perfect dimples in both cheeks [or concaves in face structure, if you prefer]. so it explains very well why we don't have our princes [the sweet, charming, manly, sensitive, rich man topped off with the white steed at his side].

maybe we like fairy tales because they're so predictable. we have control over the endings in our own way because we are able to predict so well what will happen. that is, both will fall in love, kiss in a chaste manner and "live happily ever after". no matter that she was under a curse of deathsleep [sleeping beauty] or that she was a maid just a few days ago [cinderella]. beauty and the beast could have had a little credibility.. if he had not turned back to a human in the end. but after a while, we didn't really care that he was an animal did we? so perhaps personality has some hope in the fairytale region.

maybe that's why i can't stand disney fairytales sometimes. knowing that i don't look anything like the blonde haired, doe eyed cinderella doesn't help either.

maybe that's why i prefer bridget jones diary. people think it's more realistic - yes, bridget is definitely more realistic. she embarrasses herself in public continuously, and weighs a hefty 138 lbs. and most definitely, she had to go through bastards in order to meet her prince. in short, she makes the thorn bushes around aurora's castle look like toothpicks. to put it simply, she's not perfect - she's like any one of us. at the same time, when would we ever find a man like mark darcy? so we need a little dose of fairytale romance and a little bit of the harsh reality thrown in.

maybe what i like about it is that bridget jones diary aptly says love is not blind, but sees all and does not mind.

+ posted by M @ 6:44 PM