What‘s with all the Cinderella Movies?

Welcome back!

 

Which version of Cinderella is your favorite? Do you think there are too many?

Take a listen as I talk about the feminist and anti-feminist Cinderella stories as well as the new Amazon Studios Cinderella (even though it’s not Disney).

 

Visit the podcast at www.wonderfulworldofidisneyvillains.com or DM the podcast on Instagram @wwofdisvillains. 

You can find me, Kaytie, on Instagram @disvillainsscholar.

 

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Feminism

02:08 - Disney 1950 Cinderella summary

05:19 - Cinderella is an anti-feminist story

• Lisa Nasir
• After Ever After 2 

09:05 - Cinderella is a feminist story

• Feminist vs feminine 
• Daily Titan

11:43 - Domestic and family abuse as it pertains to Cinderella’s story

• Women’s Aid
• Safe Steps

15:24 - Happiness vs optimism

• “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness” by Jill Filipovic
• Daily Titan
• The Mary Sue

19:04 - The Mary Sue - the male gaze 

20:42 - Cinderella and her agency: does she have a lot of agency?

• The Mary Sue 

24:31 - History of the story Cinderella

• Vox.com
• NPR article

26:13 - Why do we have so many Cinderella movies and stories?

• List of popular Cinderella movies
• Why people may love Cinderella stories
• Mary Sue
• Pop Crush

32:18 - Disney’s 2015 Cinderella

• Higher Education Podcast Guest Episode
• Positive movie reviews - mention of an empowered Cinderella
• Vox.com: the 2015 Cinderella is even more anti-feminist than the 1950 Cinderella
• The Mary Sue

42:24 - The Wonderful World of Disney Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1997 Cinderella

• Most racially diverse Cinderella cast
• Multi-racial families
• HuffPost.com: Cinderella’s feminist mindset
• Relationships between characters are more developed
• Fairy Godmother empowering Cinderella / empowered Cinderella
• HuffPost.com: dreaming vs doing mindset
• The crew behind the Disney Cinderella movies vs Whitney Houston and Debra Martin Chase dynamic duo

57:21 - Amazon Studios 2021 Cinderella

• Initial audience reviews (all 1 out of 5-star ratings)
• My initial reaction to watching the movie
• The Mary Sue: first Latina Cinderella and a “diverse” cast
• Metro.co.uk: marketing Amazon Studios Cinderella and Broadway Cinderella as “better” aka “less romantic”

01:15:21 - Ending