Disney's Pocahontas is a Historical Heroine or a Postmodern Princess?

The Idian princess Pocahontas, one of Disney's animated heroine, is getting criticised because there is a disagreement between two adverse views of the historical facts.

Disney's Pocahontas

Disney cartoon figure Pocahontas  is generating more than a little controversy. Indeed the film indicate the comparition between the Christian views and the postmodern world aspect.

Pocahontas was the first Disney animation with a historical background. The Disney film comes from the true story of Pocahontas and refresh the legendary story of how Pocahontas allegedly rescued the life of John Smith the English colonist in 1607. Although the funny animals and the memorable lyrics that are in the film, Disney gives us a Princess that performs quickly and looses the meaning of the historical details.

In the real life when she first seen John Smith, Pocahontas was a young girl and when she became a lady, she stayed in England.for the rest of her life. She was baptized as a Christian and she married John Rolfe, who had the English nationality.

However, Rita Kempley, the Washington Post film critic sais that Pocahontas is an: «  aboriginal Barbie with waist-length raven-black hair. » John Smith is characterized as he wanted to be in love with Pocahontas. In the film,There's no indication about religious faith, and spectators aren't told on what comes to light for Pocahontas when she reaches maturity.

In real life, Pocahontas is considered as a strong, adventurous and dinamic woman. But in the film, she is willing to save the man she just met before saving her own life.

Before making a historical film, Disney studios should had searched the important information on the life of Pocahontas and try to make their film more realistic and historicaly accurate.They changed the story acutely. It would have had been more intelligent from Disney to use different names without linking their film with a real life event. This is why there are conflicting views of the historical part of the Princess Pocahontas.

Comments

[emma michel]

This article is very intresting and very complete, I’m agree with you and the subject is very well chosen.

[Antoine J.]

I really like your article. But i think that's better that Disney chooses to change some things from the original story. Disney didn't choose to talk about religion and i think it's a good thing. Religion is a subject which create many polemic, so if there is no religion it won't have many critics. But i agree with you that Disney should have done more research before doing this Movie.

I like your article and your subject.

[Caillot leopold]

For me it's a realy good article i learn lot of think about this princess in particular to pocahontas come from a true story. Great Job !

[Thomas C]

I think this article is the best because this article is very complete, interesting and particularly the person respect the subject. This article is very easy to understand.

Well done and congratulation.

[Florent Bonnici]

It's a good article with a good title, a lot of information and details regarding the real history of the film. I learnt that there is a difference between the true life of Pocahontas and the one describes in the movie.

I preferred this article in comparaison with the one called " Pocahontas "



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