The Truth About Maleficent

Celehest · 2014-06-22T13:46:43+00:00

I have to say that my opinion on politicizing and over-analyzing popular fiction isn't something that we should do.

It's a common trend, and a popular one. Especially within the feminist movement. The Disney movies that we used to know and love are in reality patriarchal shackles; binding us in our understanding of gender-roles. Disney moves to promote rape culture as we see Belle kidnapped in Beauty and The Beast and Snow white being kissed against her will while she sleeps...

Look. We've all heard that every movie ever made with a cast of 2/3 men or greater are either misogynist, patriarchal, promoting rape culture or otherwise hurting women and holding them back. I've personally long since grown tired of the arguments which boil down to "people can't discern the difference between fiction and reality"

It's simply not true. I think we should take movies and video games for what they are; entertainment. If we don't find one entertaining, or even if we find one offensive then just move on to the next one. If we are to adhere to the absolute lowest comfort level when creating entertainment then soon we won't be able to show anything at all.

Celehest · 2014-06-21T15:28:10+00:00

It's now a misandrist story. Ambitions for power supersedes love as the peasant who somewhat loves the fairy Maleficent gradually drifts away from her until it culminates in him mutilating her to become king. It's no longer a prince who breaks the curse of maleficent as he's unable to show true love, but maleficent herself. There's a radfem agenda going on over at Disney. Pretty soon they're just going to slap a big ol' penis on a dragon that flies around raping women in some kingdom of women and then it needs to be killed by a brave heroine. Maybe the dragon just comes back and is unslayable because it's actually being manifested by the imaginations of men in some kingdom of men and then they have to go kill all men.

Title	The Truth About Maleficent
Author	Donutmuncher
Upvotes	3
Comments	6
Date	June 21, 2014 3:02 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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