during tok issue presentation time, lauren brought up the issue of how disney builds up false expectations of life. this then lead to further discussion upon how the capitalist society we live in wants to make us feel sad and inadequate in order so that we buy things, and how we constantly spend time making out our world to be an ugly place.
this topic really interested me as, as a disney fan myself, spent my childhood and even to this day, watching disney movies.and it really is true. disney tells us things that are utterly untrue and does so through even more false situations. every character is flawless, petite, a wonderful singer, friends to the animals and waiting for their 'prince charming' to come and rescue them. of course, they all end up with their 'handsome hubbies' and live happily ever after.
why?
why do we feel the need to create all these false expectations and ideals if the result is a feeling of inadequacy and failure? and why do we constantly belittle all we have on this earth?
is it not completely strange to be brought up watching disney films with gorgeous heroines, handsome heroes, and perfect scenarios, just to get chucked into the real world and get told ''its what's inside that counts"?
i guess this shows how conflicting our societies beliefs are, or at least, how different people go about achieving the same goals. as well as showing how little adults value children's opinions, thoughts and ability to remember things. i understand why adults may not desire to smother their children with ''real life'' situations, such as divorces, depression and grocery shopping, but why they need to portray stories through the personas of perfection elludes me. are we not always told "there is no such thing as perfect"
maybe its because people think that what children watch won't effect them in ten years time, that it won't matter in the long run. well i can tell you that it does. my friends and i constantly compare ourselves to the ideals that we were brought up on. we set unachievable standards for guys, (what do you mean you're not tall, dark, handsome with a thick head of hair, a great singer with style and a magic carpet?!)
and set unattainable goals for ourselves because believe it or not, your hair will never look like auroras.
what are we trying to achieve? because to me the only ''whole new world'' out there is the supposedly dull and ugly one that we live in.
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