Disenchantment (2018–2023)
5/10
I know there is supposed to be a moral to this story somewhere
27 October 2020
Whether it's the tired trope of a princess asserting her independence and feminine powers or whatever against the cultural orthodoxy, whether it's cliche coming of age / growing up as a person story line... four episodes in, I have yet to be invested in the story of the main characters perhaps because the princess is a lying, murdering, which makes it really difficult to root for anything but her quick demise, perhaps because this sort of behavior reminds me of a ton of boring, uninteresting, spoiled, protected teenage girls doing stupid. I know, I know, it's just a cartoon, I should lighten up. It's boring though, I don't see any reason as an adult to keep watching the story arc of a fundamentally broken character (or two) so they eventually get to have their moral redemption after a series of enlightening experiences, breakthroughs or epiphanies. It's not like the princess is flawed by a tragedy, she's the cartoon equivalent of every dumb future "instragram model" in training because she felt like she didn't get enough love, attention and affection from her parents. That sort of "white, suburban, first world problems" doesn't click with me to waste hours of my life until she finds out she has been horrible and she should be a better person and the world forgives and even cherishes her courage etc.
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