To quote Jessica Rabbit: they're not bad, they're just drawn that way.I'm not gonna lie, I'm quite disappointed by the wilful obstinance on HN whenever there is a discussion of anti-NSFW or anti-racism filters that are present on today's artificial intelligence research.įirst, the filters are only on the interface. So, when we worry about unrealistic body images and the sexualisation of young women, we shouldn't just focus on Miley's twerking: let's bring animation up to speed with female-friendly scripts. Seventy per cent of both girls and boys chose the average one as the character they wanted to watch. Dr Maya Götz of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television gave a choice of three different versions of a female cartoon character: one thin, one with average healthy proportions and one chubby. In 2008, a German survey asked 1,055 kids what kind of figures they wanted to see on screen.
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Many TV cartoons have progressed since the Scooby-Doo days, as have films: Shrek and Fiona decided to live happily as ogres. These are real young women who should, and often do, reflect our times. Gone are the demure Cinderellas and Snow Whites: the girls from Brave, The Princess and the Frog and Frozen are fun, flawed and learning on the job, not carbon-copy saints. This visual disparity only serves to undermine the Disney writers' continuing efforts to present more complex, less compliant heroines. Even Dita Von Teese couldn't compete with the Frozen girls – nor could our real-life Princess Kate. Half the male Olympic swimmers could pass for Disney princes. The male love interests in Frozen and Tangled may have puffed-up chests and broad shoulders, but their proportions are at least feasible. Even if we accept animations as mere fantasy, in which every character is exaggerated for aesthetic or comic effect, the disparity between male and female figures raises issues. I couldn't understand her problem – I was simply copying what I'd seen in other drawings. In art class, I instinctively drew normal-sized men but gave the women exaggerated hourglass figures with larger breasts and tiny waists. When I was eight, I watched The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Scooby-Doo. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features But when so many girls look up to Disney's princesses as role models, surely it's time for a rethink of the animation formula. In a recent interview, Lino DiSalvo, the film's head of animation, said: "Historically speaking, animating female characters is really, really difficult, because they have to go through these range of emotions, but … you have to keep them pretty." So animated boys can get angry, muck about, and it's OK if they look silly – but girls must remain perfectly beautiful throughout? The cosmetics industry might thank him, but will parents? I'm not suggesting they ban their children from seeing the film – Frozen is one of the most entertaining family movies out this year. It's a message that seems to have been lost on Frozen's animators. A petition supported by Merida's creator, Brenda Chapman, claimed: "She was a princess who looked like a real girl, complete with the 'imperfections' that all people have … By making her skinnier, sexier and more mature in appearance, you are sending a message to girls that the original, realistic, teenage-appearing version of Merida is inferior." From Sleeping Beauty's Aurora to Aladdin's Jasmine, you'll see a similar look in Disney princesses past.īrave, a film released by Disney but produced by Pixar, had a heroine with more realistic proportions, but she was controversially glammed up for a Disney Princess Collection toy line. No deviation from the formula is permitted. To use these big doe eyes as standard in supposedly realistic human females reduces the characters' individuality and sends out a message: to be a princess, you must not only be brave but have a specific, unattainable brand of beauty. But in human females, they're also an animator's shorthand for attractiveness – and a major feature of adult anime, hentai.
We all know that big eyes are cute – just look at Puss in Boots. The snag is, both Elsa and Anna have the kind of proportions that would make Barbie look chunky: tiny nipped-in waists, no hips, long legs, skinny arms, pert breasts, small feet and eyes three times the size of the male characters'.
Even the silly snowman sidekick is funny. Sure, there are men along the way, but they're not the prize: this is about female bonding, self-awareness, independence. Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, it sees the fearless Princess Anna travel the kingdom to find her misunderstood sister Elsa, who has fled after accidentally plunging the land into an icy winter with her magic powers. With two strong sisters at the centre of the story, Disney's new animation Frozen seems like a winner for women.
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