Free Write:Disney Drama

Google: Mulan

  Journal 6
  Free Write
  Disney Drama 

Are Disney movies growing more and more repetitive over the years?

Google: Ariel

          When growing up, everyone had their peculiar favorite Disney movie. Personally, I loved watching Mulan and The Little Mermaid. Who doesn't love a daughter who loves to rebel against her father’s best wishes! To this day, children are still drooling over Disney movies, such as Frozen. If you walk into an elementary school and say the word “Olaf” you will immediately grab every student’s attention. This past summer the radio was playing over the loudspeakers at the pool I work at, all of a sudden “Let it Go” stated playing and every little kid started singing at the top of their lungs to the catchy tune. Needless to say, Disney movies are a large part of our childhood. Tasha Robinson, author of “It’s Time to Retire the Disney Death,” an article about the repetitiveness of Disney movies plot line, implies that Disney movies have grown old and monotonous. Robinson states that “Disney has returned to the death-mourning-resurrection-celebration ending over and over since Snow White.” Through this, Robinson demonstrates her tiring view of the repetitive plot line Disney movies preset. Although Robinson has a point to her argument, I disagree with her stance on Disney movies. Although Disney movies may demonstrate a similar plot line, the movies are each unique in their own way. Mulan and The Little Mermaid are both films in which a lead female role disobeys her father, overcomes a challenge, and enjoys a happy ending with her prince charming. What isn’t to like about that ending? Both of these movie are unique in multiple ways. For one, Ariel lives under the sea whereas Mulan lives in a rocky terrain. Ariel battles Ursula while Mulan takes on the Huns. Robinson may believe that it is “particularly disappointing to see that Disney hasn’t outgrown the Disney-death trope, which is gradually closing in on a center of overuse,” however, I am one strong supporter of the “Disney-death trope” and I cannot wait for the next Disney film to be released! 

If you are interested in reading Robinson's article, here is the link. 
“It’s Time to Retire the Disney Death,”