![]() ![]() Panned or praised, Cinderella has nonetheless become one of the most famous and recognizable princesses in the history of film. Woods' vocal performance has also been praised. Other critics found her endearing, charming, and timeless. Reception towards Cinderella has been mixed, with some film critics describing the character as much too passive, one-dimensional, and less interesting than the film's supporting characters. Cinderella, aided by her kind Fairy Godmother and equipped with a beautiful silver gown and a unique pair of glass slippers, attends, only to have to leave at midnight when the Fairy Godmother's spell is broken. When Prince Charming holds a ball, the evil stepmother does not allow her to go. In the wake of her father's untimely demise, Cinderella is left in the care of her cruel stepmother and jealous stepsisters, who constantly mistreat her, forcing Cinderella to work as a scullery maid in her own home. Drizella and Anastasia Tremaine (stepsisters).Her look is VERY Victorian - 1850s-60s, to be specific. When we first meet Cinderella, she’s a cute little girl who still has a dad (and a REALLY CUTE PUPPY): The bad news is it’s kind of a stretch to find much that ISN’T late 1940s/early 1950s in Cinderella’s dresses. The good news is that Cinderella gets way more looks than Snow White. Cinderella is locked up, the mice set her free as mice do, she runs downstairs, the shoe fits, and with no other criteria, the Prince says “okey dokey let’s go do the pokey!” and they get married and live happily ever after. He hits Cinderella’s house, the step-sisters WHO LOOK NOTHING LIKE CINDERELLA get to try on the shoe in their attempt to nab him, the shoe don’t fit (but if it had, we’d have Princess Step-Sister, which is ludicrous). ![]() Instead of thinking, “Right, I just met this hottie so I’m going to scour the kingdom for the GIRL WHO LOOKS LIKE HER,” he instead decides to scour the kingdom for the girl whose FOOT FITS THE RANDOMLY LOST SHOE. Cinderella goes to the ball, the Prince thinks she’s hot, she has to be home at midnight so runs off leaving a shoe. Enter Fairy Godmother, who magically transforms mice, pumpkins, etc., into all the gear that Cinderella might need to go to the ball, including a fabulous poufy dress. The mice make Cinderella a dress while she scrubs away, but when the Steps see her, they literally tear her to shreds. An invite goes out, Cinderella wants to go, the Steps say she can IF she finishes all her chores. Meanwhile, you’ve got a Prince who REALLY doesn’t want to get married (confirmed bachelor? gay?), so his father organizes a ball to get him married off (because nothing says “this marriage is going to work perfectly” than to have the couple know each other for about 5 minutes before heading the altar). All the Steps treat Cinderella as their own personal maid, forcing her to do all the housework and hang out with mice, while they sing fabulously and lounge around. As soon as the word “step” is used, you know things aren’t going to go well. We’ll work in chronological order of the movies, and then we’ll go back and do all the villains! Previously, we analyzed Snow White (1937), so today, it’s all about…Ĭinderella - originally released in 1950! This got long enough that I’m going to split it into two parts, so here is Part 1 ( part 2 is here).Īs we all know, Cinderella is about a beautiful, perfect-in-every way girl whose deadbeat father goes and dies on her, leaving her with her step-mother and two step-sisters. In this series, we’re going to analyze each of the Disney princesses to discuss the historical influences in their costumes. Each one is certainly a product of the period in which the movie was made, but they are also almost always set in a fantasy historical setting… and thus, their costumes are fantasy historical as well. Disney princesses are possibly some of the best-known characters worldwide, and part of their appeal lies in their oldey-timey-ness.
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