#and makes me wish branagh could be making the live action snow white instead
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I got curious about the podcast you've been listening to, and I listened to the Snow White episode tonight. They got into this abstract discussion of motherhood, and I was surprised that no one brought up the fact that Snow White herself doesn't have a mother anymore (or a father, presumably), and the fact that she is an orphan contextualizes how she responds to others with motherliness. I just rewatched the movie, and it's notable what an especial compassion she has for anyone without parents. Before the huntsman makes his attempt, she's concerned about a little bird separated from its parents and helps them reunite. Later, she concludes that the inhabitants of the cottage must be seven children who are orphans, and it's clear that she's worried for them, and ready to step in to help them out--which in turn will help her out, because she's an orphan in need of care herself. No one has been taking care of this girl, and it says so much about her character that her response to this deprived upbringing is to make every effort to give others what has been denied to her.
I noticed the same thing during rewatch--Snow is constantly caring for others, especially children. I hadn't consciously connected it with her orphan status--I focused on the fact that she's a good mother contrasted with the evil queen as a bad mother--but you're so right. Snow White knows the pain of losing her parents and it gives her so much compassion for those in similar situations, and it's so impressive and says so much about her strength of character.
#answered asks#disney#snow white#isfjmel-phleg#i'm thrilled you checked out the podcast#it does frustrate me how they can get too abstract#analyzing everything according to broader social issues and forgetting that these are also characters in a very specific story#and sometimes ideas are serving the needs of the story instead of making sweeping social commentary#this also makes me realize that snow white was the original 'have courage and be kind' disney princess#and the fact that 2015 cinderella is more similar to snow white than to the animated cinderella is fascinating#and makes me wish branagh could be making the live action snow white instead
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