Posted by paula on July 21, 2001, at 8:06:15
In reply to OMG! Second guessing my best judgement..., posted by Racer on July 20, 2001, at 23:28:04
Almost forgot...
I am so sick of my inner 13 year old!! Actually, though, mine seems to be shutting up a little more often the older I get. (I just turned 30.)
Whaddya think of all these cinderella-themed movies lately? OK, I've only seen the ads on TV, but they really annoy the crap outta me. The original Cinderella was a story about overcoming evil, unjust oppression. More recent versions seem to invert the point of the story. It still *seems* like the heroines are sticking it to those stuck up girls. But the message that I hear/see--as one of the defiantly independent, not-in crowd--is: you may have THOUGHT that you were happy being an individual, but you won't know true happiness until someone comes along to rescue you, to transform you into "one of them."
Anyone else feel this way? Or am I being way to political and sensitive about basically good-natured movies?
> (But don't worry if you're younger than I and hope that age brings increased confidence around cute young women. It doesn't, there's always that inner 13 year old!)
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