{"id":4740,"date":"2016-05-31T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2016-05-31T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T10:52:00","slug":"disney-aladdin-jasmine-feminist-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"The Problem with Aladdin\u2019s \u201cFeminist\u201d Princess Jasmine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-content\"><p><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span><\/p><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here is a breakout scene in Guy Ritchie\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aladdin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which Princess Jasmine finds her voice. Tired of being told that women like her are \u201cbest seen and not heard,\u201d Jasmine finally decides that enough is enough and sings a song about empowerment and freedom. Yet curiously, that song and her efforts at making her presence felt at a crucial juncture in the story amounts to nothing in the larger narrative of the story. This scene, just like the reimagination of Jasmine, exists in the film to convey just one thing: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/disneys-lion-king-2019-beyonce-donald-glover-john-oliver\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disney<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s earnest attempts at a progressive rebranding.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the original Disney tale, the spirited Princess Jasmine of Agrabah was hardly bothered about her place in the lineage or her claim to the throne. She wasn\u2019t also about girl power. In Guy Ritchie\u2019s Agrabah, we look at Princess Jasmine through the prism of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/despite-bollywood-influences-i-am-raising-two-feminist-sons-heres-how-to-do-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feminist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gaze: The Sultan\u2019s daughter has serious problems accepting the law of the land that says she can never claim the throne and has to marry a prince, who will be the Sultan by default. It\u2019s evident that Jasmine has been taking notes from the contemporary avatars of the Disney Princesses \u2013 Belle who loves her books more than the admiration of men or Moana, who defies her father to explore the world beyond her kingdom. Except, in the case of Jasmine, her feminist politics seem mere fan service; a force fit in a tale that has never been about the gorgeous girl in the palace. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For generations of little girls, Disney has been synonymous with princesses with luminous eyes and lustrous hair, who are armed with the occasional rebellious streak that lands them in trouble. But all roads eventually lead to a happily ever after, gazing into the eyes of their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/feminist-and-old-fashioned-romantic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prince Charming<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was out-and-out fantasy but one that worked. The candy coloured world of Disney Princesses was that magical place where we could be safe from the terror of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/too-cool-for-school-what-i-learned-from-being-homeschooled-in-mumbai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math problems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, power cuts and harsh summers. It was where many of us saw a three tiered wedding cake for the first time and drooled over glass slippers. We all also grew up secretly wishing for a fairy godmother who could conjure a whole new wardrobe out of thin air for our first date with the dashing Prince.<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>But Jasmine is no Elsa. And Disney\u2019s attempts at retelling this classic for a perhaps more precocious generation of young ladies, is painfully ham-handed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But times have changed. Back in 2010, Disney, which had over eight decades built a world-wide empire on the strength of its Princess franchise, arrived at the conclusion that young girls were no longer enamoured by that romanticised idea of feminism that had their mothers in thrall. Stung by the growing criticism of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/gender-roles-men-dance-floor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gender stereotyping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was repeatedly called out for being regressive and outdated in a new world, they changed the title of their 50th release, \u201cRapunzel\u201d, to a more gender neutral <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangled<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They also gave her enough meat and action parts to run shoulder to shoulder with the dashing male protagonist. The new Rapunzel was done waiting to be rescued. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangled<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she captures the male lead and arms twists him to help her escape. This Rapunzel was made for the world exploding with swashbuckling characters who do so much more than just wait in their tall towers for someone to rescue them.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Disney has created a host of progressive tales. Their Princesses are now not your usual neighbourhood <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/world-needs-more-difficult-women-tanushree-dutta\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">damsels in distress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Instead of fairy godmothers or magic wands, they wield bows and arrows, swords and shields and soaring ambition. Think Moana, Merida, Mulan, feisty young women who have shattered the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/good-girls-indian-parenting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">glass ceiling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Disney palaces. My five-year-old daughter for instance, is a fan of Elsa who is nothing like any of her Disney sisters, and marks the Hollywood behemoth\u2019s most successful attempt at creating a culturally relevant, feminist icon. There is a strong buzz that Elsa, who inherited the kingdom of Arendelle from her father, will have a \u201clady friend\u201d in the sequel, given that she has not shown any romantic interest in men, even scoffing at the idea of \u201clove at first sight\u201d that powers so many of the Disney tales. If Elsa truly comes out of the closet, as many believe she will, it will be a milestone for the studio that has been so far been flirting with inclusiveness, such as the new B<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eauty and the Beast\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cgay\u201d moments. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Disney merely dipped its toes in the waters of gender politics with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beauty and the Beast<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it had gone full throttle with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frozen.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In Elsa, the studio not only created a character that could stand up to the might of the live action superheroes with her stupendous power to manipulate ice, they also gave her a staggering emotional arc, making her worthy of adulation and hero worship. Elsa is at once, a loving sister, a tormented hero plagued with self doubts, a gifted young woman who is overwhelmed by her own powers, and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/five-years-of-queen-kangana-ranaut-feminism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who must keep the well being of her subjects in mind. She takes the chilling charisma of the Snow Queen, a pinch of Avenger\u2019s star power, a dash of Marvel magic, and dollops of Disney glamour and tosses it all up in a heady, sensational cocktail. But more importantly, unlike Jasmine, at no point do her actions, words, gestures or intent make concessions for her gender. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Jasmine is no Elsa. And Disney\u2019s attempts at retelling this classic for a perhaps more precocious generation of young ladies, is painfully ham-handed. The problem with Ritchie\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aladdin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that it tries too hard. In a uni-dimensional tale about a boy and his genie, a new track about the Princess wishing to connect with her subjects and being well-read enough to rule the kingdom, feels like hammering a square peg in a round hole. Even when Jasmine does get her moment, crowned as the Sultan by her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/hindi-medium-father-hindi-diwas-vernacular\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">father<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we fail to cheer for her, because her story is never strong enough to hold our attention or our hearts. It\u2019s merely false advertising. The inner struggle and negotiation with power that defines Elsa and the other super girls of Disney, is no more than surface embellishment here. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even worse, Jasmine is completely ineffective even as a pivotal character and despite a roomful of books, ambition, and a massive royal bengal tiger by her side, Jasmine is exactly where she was before Disney tried to reinvent her for a younger, contemporary audience \u2013 an exotic beauty on a magic carpet. And this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/27\/movies\/aladdin-disney-diversity.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times essay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> titled \u201cRewriting the Past Won\u2019t Make Disney more progressive\u201d succinctly captures the problem with Aladdin\u2019s<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jasmine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> track, \u201cThe shoehorned-in progressive messages only call more attention to the inherent crassness of Disney\u2019s current exercise in money-grabbing nostalgia.\u201d Sadly, like Jasmine, we can\u2019t stay silent about that, either.<\/span>\n\n\u00a0\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Guy Ritchie&#8217;s Aladdin, we look at Princess Jasmine through the prism of a feminist gaze: The Sultan\u2019s daughter isn&#8217;t ready to accept that she can never claim the throne. Yet, the problem is that the reimagination of Jasmine, exists in the film to convey just one thing: Disney\u2019s earnest attempts at a progressive rebranding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":4741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[8379,6978,8380,710,8381,8382,8383],"class_list":["post-4740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-culture","tag-aladdin","tag-disney","tag-elsa","tag-feminism","tag-frozen","tag-jasmine","tag-princess"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Problem with Aladdin\u2019s \u201cFeminist\u201d Princess Jasmine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Guy Ritchie&#039;s Aladdin, we look at Princess Jasmine through the prism of a feminist gaze: The Sultan\u2019s daughter isn&#039;t ready to accept that she can never claim the throne. 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