Tangled is about a girl, named Rapunzel, who is trapped in a
tower with her mother, to be protected of the outside world so they do not
discover her magic long hair. Her dream is to go out of the castle to see the
floating lanterns that come out every year on her birthday. Then, a boy named
Flynn climbs into the tower to escape the guards, and she makes a deal with him
that he will take her to see the lanterns. These two adventure out to follow
her dreams to see the lanterns up close, but along the way they run into many different
obstacles.
This
movie does past the Bechdel test because it passes all the criteria. Tangled has at least two girl characters,
there is the mom, the queen, and Rapunzel. In this movie, the mom and Rapunzel have a
conversation about how Rapunzel wants to go out of the castle and adventure to
see the lanterns. The mother then scares her daughter by telling her about the
dangers of the outside world. The mother
also asks Rapunzel to brush her hair and sing because it makes the mother stay
young and beautiful forever. The movie
does not have many women, but the main character is a girl. The movie passes
all three criteria, 1. Has women characters, 2. Who talk to each other, 3. Who talk
to each other besides a guy.
This movie
has a courageous lead women who is the center of the entire movie. She stands
up to the thugs in the bar when they tried turning her guardian in, Flynn. This
is an aspect that makes this movie not feminist. The only way Rapunzel would
leave her castle was if Flynn would come with and protect her. Throughout the
entire movie Rapunzel was fighting her own battles and saving Flynn a lot of
the time wither her magic hair. In
conclusion I believe that this movie has an overall good representation of
women and how they can be the guardian sometime over guys. Granted she was
looked at as a healer instead of a strong independent woman, she was still
fighting her own battles and thinking on her feet to save the two of them.
by: Jade Anderson
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