Beauty coming back

So, I have seen that the movie Beauty and the Beast is coming back to theaters this year in an effort to inspire another generation of little girls to dance, wear dresses, and act like the princesses they should....will the princess movies ever end? I think not, while they seem to inspire a false image of womanhood they have also fostered themselves as a valuable money making characterization in animation. The new Frog and the Prince (2009) is no exception to the rule. Like so many other movies before it found a niche audience in parents who can't say no to their kids who want to see the barbie like figure--not that the parents are to blame, if they were to deny the child the movies they wanted to see that would only create a multitude of other problems.
In reality it is a product of more than just the movies, it is a full industry effort to perpetuate the stereotypes of "princess beauty". Barbie has been the classic image of the princess stereotype and I have found our recently that there are even Barbie movies. I know this because I was visiting my girlfriends family, who have two little girls (5 and 7). These little girls were far, far too excited for the new barbie movies that were being advertised in the local Toys 'R' Us advertisement. I could do nothing but sigh at their excitement...I guess it's what they like.
This is why a premium is placed on kids movies like Up (2010) that celebrate diversity and don't rely on a lot of stereotypes to create their characters. The perspectives allow the child to see more diversity in movies and can relate this to their own lives--and children will become more accepting of everyone.