Maybe it’s because there are too many changes happening after the classics or just because I have been feeling sentimental lately but I much prefer Disney to any other recent version. There is something to be said about classical stories that every child reads at a young age and I don’t want to ruin the image nor erase the happiness I felt reading those stories. Fairy tales like Cinderella and Snow White were more than fictional characters to so many young girls who aspired to be brave like Cinderella and graceful like Snow White. Young children don’t look at those characters as flawed wretched women who are looking for a savior; they simply look like young girls who grew up to be graceful women that didn’t let their unfortunate predicaments cloud the rest of their future. Their stories are more heroic, iconic and teaches the suited audience of patience, kindness and ironic karma that only children will enjoy.
This raises an interesting question concerning the origins of these fairy tales as adult stories that over time have been adapted for children readers and viewers.