Disney the same as Perrault?

From the readings I did this week, I would have to say that I agree with the statements of these critics. I find that the Disney movie versions of classic fairy tales as being on the same level as those found in Perrault or the Brothers Grimm. The point one of the authors made was quite true, and that was the fact that the Disney version of say Cinderella or Snow White comes to mind well before Perrault or Grimm.

I think it takes a wonderful mind to be able to create something image based on a fairy tale. I talked about this last week with the comic book Fables. My same sentiments do apply to this concept as well. Disney was able to create and bring to life the good and the bad found in Perrault of Grimm. He was also able to draw them in a way, that seems to both fall into their proper archetype, and to create a whole new one at the same time.

To criticize Disney for tempering the stories is total hypocrisy. The critic who exaults the originals must not know enough about the fairy tales in which he/she is studying to make that claim. Since the transcriptions of these fairy tales first began, there was always a goal-oriented place in mind. These stories were to teach a lesson, while entertaining aristocracy. That means that they intentionally reworked these stories, and tempered with them themselves. So to chastise someone else for doing the same thing doesn't make very much sense.

I think that Disney was a wonderful story teller, knowing instinctively when to add, change, or delete something. There is a reason why his company is the way it is today, and his movies have become as iconic as they have.