A few months back, I was discussing Snow White with some friends and in particular, the changes to the story throughout the centuries such as the fact originally her biological mother was the villain of the piece but was changed later on to a step mother being the Queen. I was surprised to find out that two of my friends were actually unaware that Snow White was that old (older since recent research suggests that it may have been loosely based on real events of Margaretha von Waldeck or Maria Sophia von Erthal).
However, this isn't exactly new for me since while in the above story, my friend didn't believe Disney had made the original story, I've seen people really believe they've created the original version of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. The former being especially annoying for me when trying to discuss the themes of the story and issues with the narrative in a modern setting when people keep bringing up solely elements or plot points from the Disney versions when those are not in the original literature.
Most recently today I saw in another thread people discussing the upcoming Mulan movie and it was really shocking to see that around the users their didn't seem to be aware that Mulan wasn't a creation of Disney in the 90s but a poem that was compiled by Guo Maoqian in the 11th century in Anthology of Yuefu Poetry.
I makes me wonder how many do not realise many of Disney's animated and now live actions are based on old legends, novels, folk tales, poems etc or if they do, have read or looked up the original tales and have just seen the Disney version like say with The Little Mermaid. How many people are aware the book ends very differently to the Disney film? I'm curious on how big the adaptation displacement is and is it encouraged nowadays thanks to search engines like Google that will most often list the Disney versions in from of the original version in google searches?
However, this isn't exactly new for me since while in the above story, my friend didn't believe Disney had made the original story, I've seen people really believe they've created the original version of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. The former being especially annoying for me when trying to discuss the themes of the story and issues with the narrative in a modern setting when people keep bringing up solely elements or plot points from the Disney versions when those are not in the original literature.
Most recently today I saw in another thread people discussing the upcoming Mulan movie and it was really shocking to see that around the users their didn't seem to be aware that Mulan wasn't a creation of Disney in the 90s but a poem that was compiled by Guo Maoqian in the 11th century in Anthology of Yuefu Poetry.
I makes me wonder how many do not realise many of Disney's animated and now live actions are based on old legends, novels, folk tales, poems etc or if they do, have read or looked up the original tales and have just seen the Disney version like say with The Little Mermaid. How many people are aware the book ends very differently to the Disney film? I'm curious on how big the adaptation displacement is and is it encouraged nowadays thanks to search engines like Google that will most often list the Disney versions in from of the original version in google searches?
