[UA] Darkening Children's Tales

[Mario Magallanes]

Tim Toner escribió:
> 

> Actually, what I find as a more disturbing trend is how Disney dances about
> morally justified murder.  In the past, it was okay to slay the bad guy,
> because, if you didn't, he'd come back to menace you yet again, or even kill
> you right off.  Now, however, Disney is faced with a dilemma of what to do
> about villains when the hero can't kill.

Yeah. It reminds me the 'self-defense murder' trick, so common in
Hollywood action movies. You know how it works - Hero defeats villain,
hero says 'I won't kill you because I'm not like you', hero turns his
back, villain try to attack, hero turns around and kills villain in a
most gruesome way. 

It cheats on morality. Instead of getting justice done, the audience 
gets a way to justify its revenge fantasies. It's annoying.

Mario Magallanes.
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