I can see why they keep her in the pink dress. You've got many Princesses in varying shades of blue- Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Merida, and now Elsa (and to a lesser extent Anna, though the purple and black keeps it from being as obvious); the only other Princess that comes close to Aurora's color scheme is Rapunzel, who has a pinkish purple going on.
Ugh! I hate it soooo much! It's like they are contributing to the dumbing down of America. Gah!
1. No one needed to color code the princesses back in the 90s. We all knew who they were. It wasn't just the color but their look! We all knew Sleeping beauty had long flowing hair while Cinderella was an updo. Aurora wears a tiara, cinderella doesn't! The dresses are two completely different style of dresses! It's not like Clark Kent without without his glasses. If you change Aurora's dress from pink to blue it's still the same dress! it's not like a person was look at Aurora in pink...turns around...have her change to the blue dress and have the guy turn around again to see a different color and be all 'hey! where did Aurora go and why is Cinderella here!' because seriously, if that is how people are then I am moving to France because I can't take that kind of stupidity! If you put them both in pink (or blue....even though Cinderella does NOT wear blue!
) you can still tell the difference between the two girls!
sorry...rant over...let me take a breath...
I digress...
2. I completely understand that this all started as the marketing of the Disney princess line. Not because people couldn't tell the different but because it looked nice to have all the princesses in different colors. That made sense and I have no problem with it. When there were only 6 princesses in the line. But now there are more than 10? We are beyond the point of each girl having a separate color. Unless they plan on having the princesses start going into the puce and brandeis shades. There are going to more than one girl in blue. Focus on the style and personalities of the princess...you know what? I don't even care what they do with the marketing..it doesn't market to me. But in the parks, when I am giving them money, it DOES apply to me and every once in a while I would like to see the princess * I * grew up with. My favorite was Sleeping Beauty. In the blue dress. Not saying it has to be all the time. But some times. Again, Paris means nothing to me. I am not booking a $$$$ trip to another country to go see a character in the blue dress when I should be able to see it on my yearly trips to florida.
3. I think what really bothers me about the whole thing is hearing these adults say they don't know the difference and hearing children say the only thing they know about the girls is the color of their dresses. Do any of the parents have their kids WATCH the movies anymore? Sure, Sleeping Beauty has a very different plot than most fairy tales and some might find it boring. But I never did. And they should watched them for the pure artistic point as well. It's a movie with layers upon layers for all age groups. Do these girls even know WHY she is called sleeping beauty? And it's not just Sleeping Beauty; it's all those films. I sang the 7 Dwarf's Silly Song one time and my cousin had no idea what I was singing! They all have the films because they gotta 'have it in their collection' but they never bother to open the movies up. It's a shame.
It's sad because it makes me feel old that these classics aren't even being watched. To argue with my little cousin that Aurora wears blue and to say 'it's in the movie' and to hear her say 'I have never watched the movie' really gets me in the heart! lol
I am sorry for the rant. It's just...every time I hear the color code argument it's like I turn into some horrible big green rage monster. I am going to go back to baking cookies now, lol
Merry Christmas everyone!
