As we go into studying Disney and as I read my research for my project I stumbled across an interesting statement that I think also relates to our discussion on Thursday.
"Fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes has argued that, currently, children's understanding and image associations of the fairy tale Cinderella are so closely linked with the animated film Cinderella that they are inseparable."
We were discussing on Thursday imagining the characters of the story when reading it as a child and someone brought up that we don't imagine them because we automatically see the Disney versions. I think this gets truer and truer with every generation. Compared to reading the fairy tale many many more children have seen Disney's version. The decline in reading and increase in tv and film has made Disney's Cinderalla the only possible one for children. Maybe we didn't always see Disneys blonde haired, blue eyed Cinderella when we heard the story but children now certainly do and this will continue on and on. Disney has infiltrated our culture and placed images where imagination should be and stereotypes where thoughtful questioning on life should go.
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