Sunday, October 24, 2004

Aladdin

So, long time childhood favorite. It's really a great movie, if you're willing to just accept the imposition of 20th century Western morality and forward-thinking social feminism on 12th century Middle-Eastern society. Marrying "for love" is a pretty new luxury. New enough that we still find a sense of purpose in trans-class romance, in spite of living in a society with a "transparent class system." For a contrast, even the template for most romances, Romeo and Juliet, has its characters on the same class level as each other, and to the best of my recollection, someone please fill in the blanks if I'm wrong, most of Shakespere's works adhere to these rules. Whatever. It's got good music and humor that has aged well.

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dude, I can't think of any work that features trans-class romance before the 19th century. Even Cinderella (classic rags-to-riches) isn't actually poor, when she marries the prince she's being restored to her rightful place. Lots of instances of women being forced to marry men they don't want to, but that's different.
But sticking it to Aladdin for historical accuracy is pretty useless.
-Bren

October 24, 2004 at 8:39 PM  

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