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Did Disney Really Need To Reinvent Prince Charming?

MEDIA Posted: January 10, 2014 1:57 am

The new animated blockbuster Frozen subverts the fairy tale idea of a handsome, noble, chivalrous suitor by making him the surprise villain of the story. The gambit presumes, of course, that the Prince Charming myth needs debunking. On the contrary, argues Akash Nikolas, that myth serves some very useful and healthy purposes.

MEDIA Published: 01.08.14

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 01.08.14

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