This article explores how Disney adapted classic fairy tales for their animated films, often omitting darker themes and bittersweet endings for a more uplifting and family-friendly experience. It uses the example of 'Tangled' to illustrate how Disney's approach has evolved over the years.
Disney has been the dominant force in the animation industry for over one hundred years. Founded by brothers Walt and Roy Disney, they created revolutionary short films throughout the 1920s and 1930s before releasing their first animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. After its success proved that audiences could watch a 90-minute cartoon, the company continued to make more.
Though they've gone through numerous ups and downs over the decades, they've grown to become one of the largest media conglomerates in the world. Walt grew up on fairy tales and preferred to adapt them and inspirational stories into animated films rather than come up with entirely new ideas. Walt Disney was also notorious for changing stories to be accessible to general audiences, meaning that several stories had their darker themes and bittersweet endings stripped away for more uplifting ones. The company continued this practice long after Walt died in 1966, and while some of these movies are regarded as animated classics, it's still fun to look back at the stories they originated from and see how much was lost in translation. 10 'Tangled' (2010) Rapunzel's happily ever after was delayed due to her blind prince. While Disney tried to keep 2D films alive during the 2000s, the box-office success of Tangled all but solidified that 3D was the way going forward. It's seen by many as one of Disney's best films in the Revival era thanks to its stellar animation, catchy songs by Alan Menken, and its fresh, exciting update of the Rapunzel fairytale. Besides changing the prince into the lovable rogue Flynn Ryder (Zachary Levi) and giving Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) more agency in the story, they also omitted the dark and miserable ending right before the couple's happily ever after. When the prince discovers Rapunzel in the tower, he offers to marry her and help her escap
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