Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Traditionally, Snow White has been prettier to the audience than the Evil Queen, hasn't she?
I thought some of that was because of the age difference, too -- that the Queen was threatened by Snow White's youth.
And now I'm realizing I might be coming at it from a very Anne Sexton place.
I continue to accept that you exist.
That's gratifying. Now go put it in a little box with the other data points so it doesn't get lost.
Now go put it in a little box with the other data points so it doesn't get lost.
All the n = 1s get to hang out together!
All the n = 1s get to hang out together!
Data set party!
ita, do you have a smoking in the tub provacateuse site yet?
But it was a story long before it was a movie.
And when I read the story, I took the queen's word for it. I wasn't surprised or challenged by the movie's interpretation of Snow White as a more real, warm, true beauty. I definitely thought we were supposed to like her face (and heart, of course) better, even in the text.
I never said everyone. I said a significant statistical sampling. I truly believe Charlize is considered more conventionally or popularly beautiful than Kristen. Your disagreeing doesn't change my position as stated in the quote you cite.
Doesn't all the pre-suppose that the mirror is talking about physical beauty?
Doesn't all the pre-suppose that the mirror is talking about physical beauty?
Given that what we're told about beauty is physical characteristics I figure that's fair. It's the colour of hair, lips, and skin, not the quality of heart and spirit, is it?
We do learn that the evil queen is, well, evil, and Snow White is nice, but that's not the setup.
It's the colour of hair, lips, and skin, not the quality of heart and spirit, is it?
Is it not "who's the fairest of them all"? If not okay. If so, open to a lot of interpretation.
That's too bad. I was hoping that it was good because Michael Chabon wrote the script.
Was he high at the time?
Is it not "who's the fairest of them all"? If not okay. If so, open to a lot of interpretation.
Considering the mirror at any point tells the queen it is her, I don't think there's a lot of interpretation for it to mean anything other than superficial looks, unless there's a really low fucking bar set for quality of character.
