I saw this about a year ago and when I saw it then, I just thought it was hysterical (and watched all the videos in this series). After our discussion, especially about Disney princesses, I can see that this video is also pointing out some serious flaws (feminist-wise) in the classic Disney stories we all love. This one is a goof on Ariel (never explicitly stated probably due to major copyright laws) and while I find the whole video very funny, it is especially pertinent to our discussions/class at:
0:37
0:51
0:57
1:04
If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, or if you don't have the means to watch these parts, basically what they point out is the fact that Ariel gave up her unique and incredible opportunity of being a beautiful mermaid in order to be an ordinary human. It also says how "if you don't like something about yourself, snip snip!"
I also find these videos humorous/interesting/relative to this class because the title for all of them is "Advice For Young Girls"--pointing out the fact that Disney is teaching young girls to be the hetero-normative, non-feminists society so desperately tries to make them.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xCgC3w1zs
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