If you really think about it and look back at all those stories we are really so in love with, are we really so much different from Cinderella?
Cinderella has a terrible life with a awful stepmom who treats her like garbage and two annoying sisters. She works all day and doesn't have time or money to take care of herself. She finally gets one night off (aka plays hooky) and gets all dressed up to hit on guys...ok go to the ball (same thing). She ends up meeting an amazing guy, but runs away because she must go home (and probably looks gross after all the dancing to DJ's Got Us Falling In Love by Usher).
This could basically be a Friday night for a NYC gal. Cinderella aka "Cindy" works late for a horrible boss who won't give her any money to get cute clothes or get her hair done, so she basically has to borrow a fierce outfit (www.rentherunway.com) and have a ton of friends make it happen.
Birds, Squirrels, Mice = hot gay guys in chelsea
Fierce Fairy Godmother Dress = Borrowed from Rent the Runway for half the price
Beautiful carriage = broken yellow taxi
As much as this "Fairytale" sounds amazing and like some man is going to sweep you off your feet, the reality is "Cindy" was working hard. Do you really think the prince would have fallen in love with her looking like a hot mess? Doubt it.
Pre- Fairy Godmother = Trainwreck
Post Makeover = Girl looks good!
So although we are told our prince charming is out there (and I do believe he is), he isn't coming to save you from your evil boss and bring your amazing shoe back if you don't put in a little bit of work and really get out there to look for him.
The Beauty and The Beast, is a similar tale of romance and understanding, but with a completely different moral.
It opens with a hot prince being rude to a crazy old lady, who ends up being a beautiful woman with magical powers (aka Oprah) and she casts a spell on him making him ugly-not just ugly...straight up gross.
Enter Belle, who looks for her crazy dad and winds up shacking up with the beast. Long story short, he ends up being nice to her (duh he is ugly now, he better be nice) and they fall in love and he gets hot again.
Now...let's think about this. He was RICH and kind of Ugly. Now, that doesn't sound too far fetched does it? Had he been poor and ugly, I can guarantee Belle would have been out of there in a HOT second.
Belle = any attractive girl in nyc
Beast = old wall st guys with deep pockets
Of course, we all know he ends up getting hot after he is nice, but really, what other option did he have? Being mean AND ugly does not = hooking up. At some point, something has to give. The beast gets the girl because he ends up being RICH and nice, and then bonus points for getting hot again.
Fairytales can come true, you just have to look a bit harder to realize what they look like when they do!
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