The Fall of the Female Protagonist in Kids’ Movies Women in Hollywood have always been celebrated for having “Strong female roles” which may seem a little funny because men are never really applaud for their lead roles yes they are acknowledged but they don’t emphasize it as much as women Its as if a women get a strong female role it a surprise a huge accomplishment for women. This probably due to the fact that women still have a lower representation then men in the media. But what does the media portray as a strong female role? In the The Fall of the Female Protagonist in Kid’s Movies, Stefan Babyish argues that one of the most unfortunate and surprising side effect of the triumph of computer generated animation was the dearth of the female …show more content…
His argument isn’t to clear. He states how Disney princesses aren’t strong female protagonist because their seen as week. However, women who are more emotional and girly girl are just as strong as women who who are physical strong such as Mulan and Pocahontas. He then goes to state that male protagonist is just the same. By stating that both male and female protagonist are the same the author doesn’t prove his point of what it is that he is trying to get across. When he talks about Mulan and Pocahontas being strong female roles he doesn’t go into detail of how Pocahontas image of being a Native American is very inaccurate. Pocahontas doesn’t even look Native American and her image wasn’t even taken form a Native American it was taken from a model. The author could have then used this in his favor to show that doesn’t Disney showcase the exact beauty and traits of the actual races/ethnicity’s that the female protagonist is based off which is weakening the female protagonist because Disney designing their female character to their Idea image. This would bring up a new topic on how body image is a key factor of strong female characteristic. The author could have brought up the Idea on how all the Disney processes are very skinny with really small waist. None of the were plus size of curvier. This would have brought up the idea of how people view body …show more content…
He brings up Pixar and Disney to support his argument. However, he doesn’t bring up people like Hayao Miyazaki a Japanese animator hand draws all his characters. And who makes most of his main character’s females. For example, the main character in Spirited Away is a girl. Her characteristic in this film are considered strong female characters as both physically and