It's amazing the little things you notice when revisiting a movie you first saw over 20 years ago. Like others have pointed out Snow White is completely and utterly helpless and at the mercy of those around her. She also has a bad habit of mothering strange, creepy old men, one of which is apparently mentally handicapped.
It's a shame that there's no Halloween in Snow White's era, because then she would know not to accept gifts of fruit from hideous old hags with questionable intent. She seriously comes off as completely vapid and ultra-feminine, swooning incessantly whenever romance or love comes up as a topic, as if that's all girls should be concerned with. Another interesting thing I picked up was how Snow White is devoid of curves compared to other Disney princesses, particularly Jasmine from Aladdin.
While goofy as hell the movie showed a pretty straight-forward and typical damsel-in-distress story, and actually reminded me a bit of the ending of the movie Pretty Woman, with the Prince sweeping the Princess away to live happily ever after. Now I just need to find something to wash the disgustingly sweet taste left in my mouth.
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