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When I first heard Disney was gonna do a Rapunzel movie, I found a painting of a girl in a field of flowers with super-long, strawberry blond hair. She had green eyes & a dress that looked like the one above. You can see how different & yet similar the final Rapunzel was compared to early ideas Disney had for the girl.

It's interesting how different Rapunzel's status in the film was compared to the fairy-tale I grew up with. In the original story, her parents were peasants that happened to live next door to a witch; whereas in the movie she starts out as a baby Princess & was stolen from the King & Queen by the witch.

Later on, in the original story, Rapunzel's visited by a prince that was hunting in the woods & heard her singing. In the Disney version, it's a common thief named Flynn who's running from the law & trying to hide in Rapunzel's tower. Talk about topsy-turvey when it comes to story roles .

In the original tale, Rapunzel didn't become a princess until she re-united with the prince, far away from the wicked witch, healed his blindness with her tears, & got married. However, the witch had raised her misbegotten daughter LIKE a princess before sealing her away in the tower.

What really irks me, is how, when Rapunzel's hair was cut (this happened in the original story too), that they went the Mandy Moore route & cut it super-short, & it turns brown b/c the magic in the hair is gone. In the original story, the witch cut Rapunzel's hair as punishment for lying to her, but she cut it in a way that left enough hair to be shoulder- or waist-length, and it stayed blond. Some ppl like Rapunzel's final hairdo in the movie, I don't. Makes you wonder, tho, if it'll remain that way permanently, or if it'll be like normal hair & grow back . Interestingly enough, the doll they made with Rapunzel in her wedding dress still has super-long blond hair .

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When I first heard Disney was gonna do a Rapunzel movie, I found a painting of a girl in a field of flowers with super-long, strawberry blond hair. She had green eyes & a dress that looked like the one above. You can see how different & yet similar the final Rapunzel was compared to early ideas Disney had for the girl.

It's interesting how different Rapunzel's status in the film was compared to the fairy-tale I grew up with. In the original story, her parents were peasants that happened to live next door to a witch; whereas in the movie she starts out as a baby Princess & was stolen from the King & Queen by the witch.

Later on, in the original story, Rapunzel's visited by a prince that was hunting in the woods & heard her singing. In the Disney version, it's a common thief named Flynn who's running from the law & trying to hide in Rapunzel's tower. Talk about topsy-turvey when it comes to story roles .

In the original tale, Rapunzel didn't become a princess until she re-united with the prince, far away from the wicked witch, healed his blindness with her tears, & got married. However, the witch had raised her misbegotten daughter LIKE a princess before sealing her away in the tower.

What really irks me, is how, when Rapunzel's hair was cut (this happened in the original story too), that they went the Mandy Moore route & cut it super-short, & it turns brown b/c the magic in the hair is gone. In the original story, the witch cut Rapunzel's hair as punishment for lying to her, but she cut it in a way that left enough hair to be shoulder- or waist-length, and it stayed blond. Some ppl like Rapunzel's final hairdo in the movie, I don't. Makes you wonder, tho, if it'll remain that way permanently, or if it'll be like normal hair & grow back . Interestingly enough, the doll they made with Rapunzel in her wedding dress still has super-long blond hair .