Not So Snow White

Snow White is an enchanting story for children and has been since 1937. Disney has made a mint off this classic story and boys and girls alike love the story as a whole. And what could be bad? I mean come on, Snow White? Sounds beautiful and pure. Maybe, maybe not. Sticking with the theme in various other fairy tales of its time, Snow White tells the story of a young and beautiful girl who gets saddled with a bitch of a step mother. Herein starts the trouble I have with the story. I am a step mother and even when I get pissed at my stepkids I WILL NOT try to poison them and leave them for dead. That would put a strain on my marriage and would just be bad form. Next is the fact that the queen mother is totally out of control jealous of the step daughter. That is in itself majorly dysfunctional. Again, bad form. Aside from the utter violence and over the top response the stepmother had I seriously question the living arrangment Snow White finds herself in. Seven dwarfs? Really? There are so many problems with this it isn't funny. You have a hot girl living with 7 short men with obvious Napolean complexes. She cooks for them, cleans for them, and washes their clothes. What else does Snow White do for these little guys? HMMMMM. I realize that there are many analysis on this movie and I just gave a very simple lay verion. As a mental health professionl Icould really give some deep meaning to each and everything in this movie but hell this is for pure entertainment here not a college level lesson. The basics are that Snow White is a anti feminist story (she can only be saved by some guy she really doesn't know if violates her sleeping mouth? Give me a break.) full of jealously, murder, and sexual inuendo. This is not my idea of a good story to pound into little peoples heads, but then again, how many stories really are good for our kids beneanth the surface?