Brave fun fact!
Did you know that Queen Elinor’s dress was inspired by the dress worn by actress Ellen Terry for the stage play of MacBeth in 1889? It made such an impression on John Singer Sargent that he immediately painted the striking actress!
The dress had over 1000 irridescent beetle wings sewn onto it and was recently restored!
COOL!
That explains, I guess, the period-inappropriate shimmer sewn into Elinor’s dress.
Oh wow, neat!!!
Historical Slut: I’m so tired of this “No Male Role-models in Brave” shit.
So tired of it.
Because seriously, nobody batted an eye when I was little and walked out of the theater after seeing Toy Story proclaiming, “Woody is so cool! I want to be just like him!”
Nobody cared that I was a little girl looking up to a male character. Not a single person would have been upset if I wanted a Sully toy, or if I admired Simba more than Nala. No parents said to their daughters, “No, I’m not taking you to see Up! because there’s no females for you to look up to!”
Because as long as it was men being awesome, parents decided that our kids could see through typical gender stereotypes. They decided, “my kid can learn something from this film even though she is a girl and that character is a boy.”
But as soon as the roles are reversed everyone is up in arms about it. Well that’s nonsense. Because if you’re really not a sexist, you’ll realize that it’s just as fine for your daughter to like Finding Nemo as it is for your son to like Brave.
So get off your sexist pedestal, stop complaining, and take your son to see Brave. And hope to all that is holy that he learns something from it…like how to fight against the current patriarchal system. Because he sure as hell isn’t going to learn that from you.
Hmmm!
Ugh, you guys, each snowflake during the credits was comprised of Celtic knots. It was too gorgeous.
La Luna
This was probably my favorite Pixar short, but then again (despite a few missteps) I say that about new one…
(Source: nightinghale)
Princess Mononoke (1997) - Brave (2012)
