The Case for the Disney Revolution

Disney's had it's Rennaisance. And, like the Rennaisance, it came with an explosion of art, science, and even morality. The moral innovation was expressed in Beauty and the Beast, when the classic hero was made the villain. This was Disney admitting there was a problem with some of their classic movies. The problem they were dealing with, at the time, was that the place they were making for women was not much of a place, with not much room to be an individual.

Well, it's time for Disney to admit that there's another problem.

There's a sin shared by Scar and Jafar and the wicked stepmother and Yzma and Hans. They each made an effort to achieve, for themselves, a higher station.
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