Rapunzel Stereotypes

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Tangled is Disney’s 50th animated feature film and our studio’s first fairy tale musical to be created using 3D CG animation. I’m the director, Byron Howard. Tangled is based on the brothers Grimm tale, Rapunzel, but when we bring a classic tale to a modern audience it gives us the opportunity to retell the story in engaging and relevant ways and that reflect our modern values.

In the original, at age twelve a girl is shut away in a tower after her father is caught stealing Rapunzel plants from the witch, Dame Gothel. She accesses the tower by calling out “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, so that I may climb the golden stair.” One day a passing prince is entranced by Rapunzel’s voice. He learns how to access to the tower, climbs it, makes her acquaintance and proposes, she accepts. The prince and Rapunzel plan their escape. However, Dame Gothel overhears this, banishes Rapunzel and surprises the Prince, who falls, blinding himself on thorns below. After many years they reunite, her tears restore his sight and they live happily ever after.

However, now Rapunzel is a renaissance bohemian woman rather than a typical damsel in distress. I have made her very independent, a change from the typical Disney princess. This stereotype has been subverted when we see Rapunzel as more than capable of rescuing herself and friends more often …show more content…
The elements oppressing Rapunzel in the original are in fact what empower her most in the adaptation. This is shown in the symbolism of the frying pan Rapunzel wields. I have changed what is traditionally seen as a tool for cooking and an oppressing force into a weapon and method of empowerment for Rapunzel as she battles antagonists. Showing the challenged values the adaptation has reflected in regards to patriarchal society. I have also shown this in Rapunzel’s hair, an asset she uses not for beauty or vanity but rather for

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