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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, because Disney princesses so reflect reality.

[b]I'd be happier if they'd stop killing of the moms.[/b][/quote]

THIS. Why do they do this?![/quote]

[b]I know a guy who's pretty high up in Disney.  They do it for what they call "real estate."  There are only so many minutes in a movie, and if there's another parent, then they have to develop that relationship, wasting precious minutes.  The need to streamline it.
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Also, in lots of kid's movies/books etc the parents aren't around (orphans, etc).  It's because the kids wouldn't be able to get into so much trouble if they were being supervised.  And if they did get into all that trouble, people would be screaming about Disney's horrible parents as role models.[/quote]

I realize this thread is old, but bull. Why is it always the good and kind mother killed off, only to be replaced with a complete harridan of a stepmother? [/quote]
Because that's how fairy tales are--at least since the 1800s. The original versions of many tales had evil mothers trying to get rid of their children, but when people started sanitizing them in the 19th century, the mothers became stepmothers. (Think: Hansel & Gretel, Cinderella, Snow White, and many more.) Rapunzel's story was always about a witch stealing her from her parents; the Littke Mermaid's mother isn't mentioned at all in her story AFAIR, though she does have a much more developed relationship with her sisters.

Both Simba and Merida have mothers, FWIW. And Disney wrote Aladdin's mother in for the Broadway show. [/quote]

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