Yes this is my professional blog. I REALIZE that potential employers could stumble across this blog by clicking the link on my site. I KNOW that they could realize I'm insane and run far, far away. I know this, and yet I am compelled to jump on the Don't-you-dare-rename-Rapunzel bandwagon.
Princess and the Frog generated a lot of buzz, but it didn't get a lot of males in the seats, unless the males were bringing their daughters to see the movie. To avoid this problem with their upcoming feature, the powers that be at Disney have decided that Rapunzel should be renamed "Tangled". With a name like Tangled, no man would dare miss it! You know, until they saw a PREVIEW revealing the premise -- a princess with hair drama.
Beauty and the Beast did well. The Little Mermaid did well. Cinderella did well. A title doesn't make the movie. If it did, no one wouldn't have seen anything Pixar has done.
Up. Really? What kind of title is that?!! It's two letters. But the movie was inspirational to me as an animator, and women, children AND MEN loved it.
I can't think of a blessed soul who would shell out $10 to see a movie based solely on it's title, and I'm willing to bet you don't either. Make a good movie and the people will come. Gimics are the actions of desperate men. Play it straight, Disney.
~Melissa
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