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Disney Princesses Face Real-Life Problems Like Drugs And Rape In Powerful Photo Series By Shannon Dermody
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We've become used to seeing Disney princesses as symbols of purity, beauty, and feel-good emotions. But what if they ever got into the real world with all of its violence, drugs, sex trafficking, and all the other horrible real-life problems that we see on the daily news?
That's what a Philadelphia-based photographer Shannon Dermody set up to explore in her latest photo series featuring Disney characters dealing with drugs, alcohol, domestic violence, rape, sex trafficking and all the darkest aspects of our real life.
The photographer is seeking to raise awareness about the real-world problems by taking us out of our comfort zone with her powerful photos and talking about dramatic living conditions many people around the world face every day. Just be warned that some of the stunning pictures are quite graphic.
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Domestic Violence
Honestly, "Beauty and the Beast" is pretty much a story of mental and physical abuse, and stockholm syndrome
Rape
This is ridiculous.It's nothing about "raising awareness".Not everything has to be clouded and debased.The whole idea of things like "Disney Princesses" (of which I am no great fan)is that there is some small escape from the horrors of life.Of late ,there has been a real push to put an adult slant on them.To sexualize and sensationalize them.Which is exactly what this photo shoot is doing.FFS leave something for children,not everything has to be appropriated into something dark and nasty.Let kids be kids and let their safe,friendly,innocent "princesses" stay just that.
Sex Trafficking
Heroin
Uhh, you're doing it wrong. Ignoring the actual injecting... how are drugs in any way related to this character?! Most of these photos touch on themes within the stories. This one does not.
Police Brutality
This is a little extreme. Most police are amazing people trying to make the work a better place.
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I like the idea behind the photoshoot, but I think it could be done much better. I like the "Pollution", but for example "Heroin" doesn't really show the effects of the drug - why the angry expression? "Tobacco" looks too overdone in photoshop which takes away the beauty of photography. I like the "Police brutality", very good idea to implement gun pointing and searching for a pulse at the same time - model does a great job too, I'd say she nailed it with the facial expression. But it's easy to see the girls don't have much experience in modelling, which doesn't do any favors to the photographs.
I agree. but i think its mainly the models the looks on their faces aren't convincing. they look like they are almost smiling (happy). . the only ones i buy are the first one (Belle) the frog prince princess and the Rapunsel photo.
First I thought that Rapunzel was Elsa.
I also agree, including my comment on the alcoholism section, considering also that none of this life problems, causes their worst effects isolated, but come together as scrouge like alcoholism and domestic violence, drug abuse and rape, suicide and heroin, etc. By the other hand I wouldn't blame the models for the lack of realism; I belive that subject is responsability of the director of fotography.
My only compliant is that girls (sometimes boys and adults) turn to princesses for the fantasy, not the reality. We see reality all over our lives. I have no interest in fantasy characters in real life tragedies. I also think there has been a real move toward making these characters their own hero; here they are represented being victimized. (okay, two complaints)
Boredpanda these days almost solely consists of creating controversial items to lure people to click. Internet 101: Create a post with a sensitive/controversial topic and enjoy high click numbers even for sub-standard art. I have found myself visiting the site less and less.
Yeah take everything that is beautiful in life, even if it is a made up fantasy, and stick rape and murder on it to "raise awareness". Great stuff!
In the original sleeping beauty she was raped. She woke up cause her baby was sucking on her finger and accidentally removed the spike, not because of some kiss.
According to Wikipedia in earlier folk versions and the first version that is attributed to an author (Giambattista Basile) in the year 1634 or 1636 the sleeping beauty was impregnated in her sleep, so you are right. However, when the king that impregnated her returns later to see her, they start bonding, and at the end of the fairy tale they marry and live happily ever after. Yes, according to modern standards she was raped. No, I don't think it is adequate to project a folk/fairy tale as it was told 400-500 years ago to the present and spoil a beautiful story - especially since already in 1695 frech poet Charles Perrault changed the story and the sleeping beauty is awoken by a kiss - later versions, for example by the brothers Grimm, and of course Disney, are the same.
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Ah, are you sure she wasn't just asking for it? Being she was a mythic tale from 15th century France, I think she was.
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The original versions contained it (read the original Cinderella and Matoaka's stories for example). In the latter Disney should be ashamed.
I took a class on The Grimm fairytales . These stories have details that we would associate with horror movies more than we would associate with modern fairytales. These stories were scary and raw for entertaining around the hearth on cold rainy nights. "Hansel and Gretel" is about a cannibal. "Bluebeard" is about a serial killer and in "Cinderella" the stepsisters chop off parts of their feet in an attempt to fit into that shoe! This photo series is spot on.Well done.
I like the idea behind the photoshoot, but I think it could be done much better. I like the "Pollution", but for example "Heroin" doesn't really show the effects of the drug - why the angry expression? "Tobacco" looks too overdone in photoshop which takes away the beauty of photography. I like the "Police brutality", very good idea to implement gun pointing and searching for a pulse at the same time - model does a great job too, I'd say she nailed it with the facial expression. But it's easy to see the girls don't have much experience in modelling, which doesn't do any favors to the photographs.
I agree. but i think its mainly the models the looks on their faces aren't convincing. they look like they are almost smiling (happy). . the only ones i buy are the first one (Belle) the frog prince princess and the Rapunsel photo.
First I thought that Rapunzel was Elsa.
I also agree, including my comment on the alcoholism section, considering also that none of this life problems, causes their worst effects isolated, but come together as scrouge like alcoholism and domestic violence, drug abuse and rape, suicide and heroin, etc. By the other hand I wouldn't blame the models for the lack of realism; I belive that subject is responsability of the director of fotography.
My only compliant is that girls (sometimes boys and adults) turn to princesses for the fantasy, not the reality. We see reality all over our lives. I have no interest in fantasy characters in real life tragedies. I also think there has been a real move toward making these characters their own hero; here they are represented being victimized. (okay, two complaints)
Boredpanda these days almost solely consists of creating controversial items to lure people to click. Internet 101: Create a post with a sensitive/controversial topic and enjoy high click numbers even for sub-standard art. I have found myself visiting the site less and less.
Yeah take everything that is beautiful in life, even if it is a made up fantasy, and stick rape and murder on it to "raise awareness". Great stuff!
In the original sleeping beauty she was raped. She woke up cause her baby was sucking on her finger and accidentally removed the spike, not because of some kiss.
According to Wikipedia in earlier folk versions and the first version that is attributed to an author (Giambattista Basile) in the year 1634 or 1636 the sleeping beauty was impregnated in her sleep, so you are right. However, when the king that impregnated her returns later to see her, they start bonding, and at the end of the fairy tale they marry and live happily ever after. Yes, according to modern standards she was raped. No, I don't think it is adequate to project a folk/fairy tale as it was told 400-500 years ago to the present and spoil a beautiful story - especially since already in 1695 frech poet Charles Perrault changed the story and the sleeping beauty is awoken by a kiss - later versions, for example by the brothers Grimm, and of course Disney, are the same.
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Ah, are you sure she wasn't just asking for it? Being she was a mythic tale from 15th century France, I think she was.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
The original versions contained it (read the original Cinderella and Matoaka's stories for example). In the latter Disney should be ashamed.
I took a class on The Grimm fairytales . These stories have details that we would associate with horror movies more than we would associate with modern fairytales. These stories were scary and raw for entertaining around the hearth on cold rainy nights. "Hansel and Gretel" is about a cannibal. "Bluebeard" is about a serial killer and in "Cinderella" the stepsisters chop off parts of their feet in an attempt to fit into that shoe! This photo series is spot on.Well done.