I never noticed until now, but the 2010 Disney movie Tangled is very much like What A Girl Wants. The main characters both spend their lives knowing something is missing. Following that, they both leave their homes, get taken in by at least one British person, have the potential to become queen someday, have their first kiss on a lake, and give their crowns to someone else. They both play guitar, their motherly figures are both singers, and in both movies the queen makes a late appearance and does not talk. They're even both locked up in a room by a British person. And both movies have twins.
And obviously they both move into the big house, have both their parents and their boyfriend by their side. Daphne should have com-pared herself to Rapunzel instead of Cinderella.
Then again, I always thought the typical, locked-in-a-tower princess was way too optimistic. They should be shut-ins. It might have improved Tangled if Rapunzel had been torn between her fear of the world and her love for the light. I mean, I go out into the world all the time, and it's always going to be something I'm afraid of.
Daphne ventured off on her own without a proper goodbye. You'd think Rapunzel would do the same; sneak off when Gothel is asleep. The rest of personality does not match up with her meek, sub-missive, "Yes Mother" behavior. In every other aspect she's basically fearless. Jumping off a cliff, stealing from a criminal, telling him she trusts him when they've known each other for two minutes. That's not realistic. It's not relatable. And yet, it is every Disney princess...ever.
Even in Frozen, when true love's kiss was not actually the cure for Anna's frozen heart; she was still no different. Jumping off a cliff, giving her full trust to two different guys. It was nice to see a sisterly love, for once, coming to the rescue, but I would sure love to see a movie where the main female is not losing her mind over some man.
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