Quintessentially Phony and Satirical

Moreover, this is what I’m going to refer people to when they say “Rapunzel has to be blonde” or “it’s inaccurate to have POC in this vaguely Germanic fairy tale.” Like nah, this movie pretty clearly shows that if you can turn a pumpkin into a carriage you can literally do what you want. (by literally i mean Whoopi, Victor Garner, and Bernadette Peters’ characters all have children with different ethnicities than them and no one in universe bats an eye)

Also the original Julie Andrews version had lyrics about Cinderella having skin as white as a swan or something like that, which Brandy obviously doesn’t have, but instead of having 17 shitfits and insisting only a white woman can play her they changed the damn lyrics. I’ve heard both versions of the song in question dozens of times and wow who knew altering three words could change everything and also nothing at all??? WOW (they also took out the reference to slaves which was swell) 

Being fairly young at the time, I can’t remember how successful this movie actually was when it came out (as opposed to gathering a following over time) but according to Wikipedia it was “the #1 show of the week, with over 60 million viewers. It became the highest-rated TV musical in years.” Which seems pretty good. 

"Honey be my little sun,

When we aint getting none,

And cup your hands round a match,

and fasten up your last jacket latch,

stand and sway with me,

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