Margot Fonteyn in “Daphnis and Cloe”, 1951
So I just saw that people are hating on Joy, Sadness, and Disgust for not being pretty enough or feminine enough or (in Disgust’s case) for being too feminine.
First of all, each of the characters look different, dress different, and like different things, just like people. Nowhere in the movie are these characters hated for these certain traits. Nowhere does the movie teach, “Disgust needs to stop caring about fashion, because her traits are too girly and everyone knows girls can’t be girly AND smart.” Sadness is shown to be smart and healing and important; nowhere do the other characters belittle her for being “too short” or “too fat” like I’ve heard commentators say. Not one character says “Wow, Joy, you need to be more feminine and change your take-charge attitude and short hair,” because Joy keeps Riley happy no matter what either of them act or look like.
Secondly, I think it’s telling that I’ve only seen people write in-depth hate about the girls. I haven’t seen anyone say, “Fear has a sweater vest and a bow tie! He must be a nerd! Anger has on a dress shirt and dress pants! He must be a businessman! We’re marginalizing boys! We’re pressuring them to be too smart! Fear is too skinny and tall and Anger is too wide and short! Bing Bong is made of cotton candy and has an elephant’s trunk! How will our boys accept their bodies?!”
It says something about our society when even female cartoon emotions get hate for not fitting into society’s perfect idea of what all girls should look or act like.
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