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Overall Idea: The video is similar to the Narrative of The Love witch - maniacal, delusional - as the song in the video is about a serial killer (Lana Del Rey - Serial Killer); However it will be connected to the fairy tale Sow white; my character is Snow White but a serial killer version, instead of the evil queen poisoning her with an apple, snow white will be poisoning (ill-intentioned) men she encounters with these apples. SW gets away with the murders.
Themes of article: power dynamics between genders, stereotypes on gender, fairy tales upholding gender stereotypes; subversion 0f gender stereotypes
Names for the article:
Modern Day Snow White: Hero or a Villain?
21st Century Snow White: Who is the fairest of them all?
The villain never needed saving, never needed to be saved by a man, maybe that's why she was evil? Threatening the gender dynamic, threatening men's power with her femme fatale persona it's what made her evil.
The 19th century German fairy tale tells us that the evil queen is power hungry, but is that really the case? The tale teaches young girls to crave male attention and validation as the queen competes with snow white as to who is "the fairest of them all?"
The character in the video challenges the stereotypes of young women being naïve and vulnerable, as she finds out men's true intentions and protects herself.
Snow white's failure to conform to gender ideologies of women being kind-hearted and naïve takes away her role as the protagonist in the story; in the original tale SW is as passive as possible under her sleeping curse, and Prince Charming would be the active character who saves the damsel in distress; In the video SW puts the badly intentioned men under a sleeping curse by giving them apples; she challenges the gender stereotypes, but is she really the villain? Is she the villain or is she not conforming? If PC would put the villains to sleep he'd be a hero, but why would SW be a cunning villain if she gave those men the apples?
"I liked the spin I took on SW in the music video; took away the naivety and vulnerability and gave her the power of the villain that intimidated men and challenged gender stereotypes, Snow White was transformed into a femme fatale. "
"Snow White became a modern day femme fatale by leaving the kind-hearted and vulnerable persona Disney portrays on all its princesses
is the Evil queen evil or is it misogyny?
Why Snow White?
Snow White is a German 19th Century tale, that portrays Snow White as a naive, innocent and vulnerable girl in need of saving, however The Evil Queen
21st Century Snow White
A Hero or a Villain?
Elina Malekova
Elina's new single "Serial Killer" was called "an attack on men" due to her femme fatale Snow White character. Was it really an attack on men or just misogyny? 30
"I'm not a misandrist. Poisoning the men in the music video was symbolic; I was killing toxic masculinity, not men themselves. I loved Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body, it was a part of the inspiration for the video. Even though she'd kill boys, I didn't think she was the villain. But whenever I'd watch Fox's films I started to realise she didn't have many lines, or a role with a personality that wouldn't be slut-shamed. I think she was never recognised for her true talent, and unfortunately it's not just her... "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" for example, why didn't Margot Robbie have more lines? It's a Tarantino movie, so I guess I'm not surprised. He is the kind of man that hires female producers and directors because they are "caring and nurturing" and would care more about their projects. The entertainment industry continues pushing these stereotypes of women being vulnerable, innocent and nurturing, and men being strong and dominant. Now we have Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue wearing a dress, and many female celebrities wearing suits, so there's definitely improvement in terms of representation, but why does a woman need to wear a suit in order to be respected and not objectified? I don't believe that conforming to male standards would be female liberation. I am on the cover of Chiasso wearing a bodysuit and I'm still a feminist, and I still respect myself." 200
The 19th Century fairy tale tells us that the Evil Queen is power hungry, but is that really the case?
"Snow White was not the hero this time. Disney films have always portrayed the princess needing to be saved by a man, by transforming her into a femme fatale she lost her naive and vulnerable qualities. Snow White's failure to conform to gender ideologies took away her role as the protagonist. Femme fatale's have always been despised by the majority of conservative male audience as they are cunning and vengeful. My character took a page from her step-mother's book and used poisonous apple, however Snow White did it to protect herself. I liked the plot of The Love Witch, and she was a heavy inspiration in the narrative"
"The tale teaches young girls to crave male attention and validation as the Queen competes with Snow White as to who is "the fairest of them all". - pull quote
Elina's new single "Serial Killer" was called "an attack on men" due to her femme fatale Snow White character. Was it really an attack on men or just misogyny? 30
"I'm not a misandrist. Poisoning the men in the music video was symbolic; I was killing toxic masculinity, not men themselves. I loved Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body, it was a part of the inspiration for the video. Even though she'd kill boys, I didn't think she was the villain. But whenever I'd watch Fox's films I started to realise she didn't have many lines, or a role with a personality that wouldn't be slut-shamed. I think she was never recognised for her true talent, and unfortunately it's not just her... "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" for example, why didn't Margot Robbie have more lines? It's a Tarantino movie, so I guess I'm not surprised. He is the kind of man that hires female producers and directors because they are "caring and nurturing" and would care more about their projects. The entertainment industry continues pushing these stereotypes of women being vulnerable, innocent and nurturing, and men being strong and dominant. Now we have Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue wearing a dress, and many female celebrities wearing suits, so there's definitely improvement in terms of representation, but why does a woman need to wear a suit in order to be respected and not objectified? I don't believe that conforming to male standards would be female liberation. I am on the cover of Chiasso wearing a bodysuit and I'm still a feminist, and I still respect myself." 200
The 19th Century fairy tale tells us that the Evil Queen is power hungry, but is that really the case?
"Snow White was not the hero this time. Disney films have always portrayed the princess needing to be saved by a man, by transforming her into a femme fatale she lost her naive and vulnerable qualities. Snow White's failure to conform to gender ideologies took away her role as the protagonist. Femme fatale's have always been despised by the majority of conservative male audience as they are cunning and vengeful. My character took a page from her step-mother's book and used poisonous apple, however Snow White did it to protect herself. I liked the plot of The Love Witch, and she was a heavy inspiration in the narrative"
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