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Are Disney Movies Still Problematic?
Why did I wait so long to watch Frozen with my family?
We limit screen time for our 4-year-old. A lot. And Disney movies?
Oh no, our tastes are far too discerning for Disney. All those princesses just waiting for princes to save them? No thanks.
The last Disney movie I saw was Toy Story — the first one — which my junior high school teachers put on when they just couldn’t handle our hormones one more second.
Clearly I’ve been out of the Disney loop for a while. Over 20 years?
I’ve lovingly bawled through many Pixar movies — which maybe kind of count as Disney movies?
but my husband, a visual artist, assumes they must be terrible, because he doesn’t care for the Pixar art style. So even those we kept from our kid.
Until… Coco was playing in the theater: an award-winning children’s movie set in Mexico!? Yes, please.
Coco inspired her to play guitar, to be “just like Miguel.” We all learned some Spanish by listening (and relistening…) to the Coco soundtrack en Español:
