Proving already that Kathryn Bigelow’s win will not change attitudes towards women in film overnight, Disney decides to rename Rapunzel so that they don’t alienate boys from seeing a movie about a girl. And in case that doesn’t work, they’ve modified the prince character by making his role bigger and turning him into a swashbuckling Errol Flynn type personality.
I actually don’t hate the title Tangled, to be honest, I just wish people would realise this kind of thing is a band aid solution to the problem of how we culturally condition children to like or dislike things based on gender. You’re not going to solve the problem of boys not liking movies about girls by changing their titles, you’re going to solve the problem by raising boys to know that girls are just as interesting as boys and that your ability to relate to someone’s story isn’t tied up in your genitals.
To leave you with something positive: this butternut squash soup is really delicious.