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There were multiple discussed, and even working, versions of the original introduction to Cinderella, including scenes where we see the titular character with her mother, grieving the loss of her father, and Lady Tremaine making the acquaintance of her new stepdaughter. Ultimately, Walt opted for the final version above for a few reasons. First, Walt felt there should be a spoken narrator and he specifically wanted the voice to be that of a woman's (Betty Lou Gerson was cast, who would later go on to be Cruella De Vil). Second, he wisely knew that this film would deal with Cinderella as an adult character and how she continued to fight against the abuse that was inflicted upon her and would, ultimately, triumph over her perpetrators. He felt spending too much time on the background of that struggle would detract from the setup of how we first meet her and the action resulting from how she navigates her circumstances in the present. Lastly, the narration serves to explicitly state that Cinderella was "abused, humiliated, and finally forced to become a servant in her own house." There isn't room for someone to interpret that the abuse "was not that bad," or that she should've "tried to just leave," or any of the other weak criticisms people have for this film and abuse victims at large. We are told Cinderella is forced into this situation with no way out in the only home she's ever known from the time she is a small child, it is canonically stated that she is abused, and we see that she's grown up in this toxic family structure, being grossly mistreated by Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, and Drizella. This sets her up as the heroine- while her stepsisters perpetuate the cycle of abuse, she puts an end to it through building community where she can, never losing sight of herself, and continuing to keep hope alive. This prevents her from giving up, and ultimately leads to her salvation as her repeated attempts to leave her abusive household to attend the ball and be seen as a person in the eyes of her society finally become successful.
CINDERELLA (1950) — Dir. Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, & Clyde Geronimi
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by the time next friday comes around i'll have worked 12 days in a row and i thought those days were long behind me lol but alas. however. it's so interesting and fascinating looking back now that i know instinctively i'm shattered and stressed and fed up and sick of it. but it was such a norm back in the day that my mind and my body can just slide back onto that Not Feeling It stage... for now 💀 which is just as well tbh bc i'm begrudgingly locked in and have accepted it but i'm like girl. GORL. stop caring so much i s2g it's doing u no favours
#cursed by empathy and caring too much 🤪#bless his wee cotton socks we're all in the trenches and my boss on friday was like “i'm buying lunch for everyone what do u want” after#he worked 2 full days then went home and worked until midnight 💀#what a guy#last week at least the jokes were still going but i fear this week..... i may go insane#lmao i watched the martian to get through my shift today and let me tell u. having the comfort film on while also dealing w scary#personal stuff outside of it? saved me#might start doing nightshifts this week just to work alone and not talk to anyone LMAO#anyway. pray for me. only 5 days left to work before holiday time#emma talks
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Old mosaics that still feel kinda relevant to locals 🐟 Ever since @_leevolt_ came up with this amazing mosaic brush I wanted to use it for a ridiculously big fresco kind of illu
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