Thank you Rachel Bloom for this cringe-worthy, plague-ridden parody of the Disney princess franchise!
And thanks to @AJP_lighthouse for sending it in!
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Scooter — February 9, 2014
I like the video, but I wonder how necessary the unfavorable portrayal of Jews was. It seemed problematic to me. I get that it was a parody video, but I am really not sure what that specific part was intended to parody.
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Larry Charles Wilson — February 10, 2014
Comedy is seldom historically accurate, but that's not the point.
pduggie — February 10, 2014
Average age of marriage in many european nations in the middle ages was 25. the nobility married earlier, but not a 'blacksmith's daughter.
variable — February 11, 2014
Yeah, nothing like inaccurate stereotypes and extreme over-generalizations about the middle ages to combat inaccurate stereotypes and gender essentialism in stories generally based in the 18th-19th centuries.
Seriously, if Ms. Bloom wanted to critique the Disney princess a little basic research into the time periods the princesses are purported to come from might have been helpful.
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