Disney give Brave’s Merida the make-over – let’s pull her to pieces
ALL hail the new Disney Princess, a fairy-nosed, thick-haired, thin – THIN! – big-eyed cartoon of dreamy perfection. VitaminW notes how Disney have worked their magic on Merida, break-out star of the 2012 cartoon film Brave.
The new Merida is on the left. The old Merida is on the right. What changed?
Well, Vitamin W spots:
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Sleeker, longer hair with more body
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Larger eyes and more arched eyebrows
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Plumper lips
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A thinner waist
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More obvious breasts
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An overall more adult and less adolescent appearance
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Lighter colored and more ornate gown
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A lower cut neckline that also shows more shoulder
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Perhaps most symbolically, her bow and arrows have disappeared in favor of a fashionable belt
We’d add:
Her hands are behind her back.
She’s got slimmer feet. You know what Walt said about small feet…
Old Merida had an easy smile. New Merida looks more self-conscious.
But is Vitamin W being entirely fair? It would appear not. The image released by Disney looks like this:
In neither version does Merida have freckles…
Posted: 14th, May 2013 | In: Film Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
