Archive:  April 10th, 2012

The Unpretty Portrayal Of Dads In The Disney Princess Movies, Part 2

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part epic about how dads are portrayed in the Disney Princess movies. Check out part one here!

Recap: As a service to the dads out there struggling with kids who might have a similar affinity for the Disney Princess Industrial Complex, I decided to breakdown how fathers are portrayed in all ten of the major Disney Princess films, if only to point out exactly how low Disney sets the bar when it comes to showing fathers in a positive light onscreen. Disney Princess fathers are largely absent, oblivious, easily manipulated, loathe to accept responsibility, and generally not the sharpest tools in the shed. Their daughters normally succeed in life DESPITE them, not because of them. And, speaking as a dad, I think that kind of stinks. Take a look at ten of the least impressive fathers in film history and decide for yourself if they’re as potentially damaging to a kid as the old-fashioned damsel in distress. Part two after the jump!

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Episode 025: You Can’t Always Be A Pro
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Up in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a 5-year-old boy found dozens of bags of heroin inside a jacket he had taken to school and showed them to his classmates… in kindergarten.

Bridgeport Superintendent Paul Vallas said he believes the boy took his stepfather’s jacket to school on Monday without knowing the drugs were inside it.

The boy’s stepfather, 35-year-old Santos Roman, went to the school and recovered the jacket, like a boss, but police had already seized the drugs, officials said. “He was arrested when he returned to the school after apparently discovering the heroin was missing”, Vallas said.

Smart dude.

The boy is now in custody of his grandmother even though his mother went to the school to take him home, thanks to the Department of Children and Families.

What would you do if your child took your heroin-filled jacket to kindergar– I’m kidding. KIDDING.

KHOU: Houston's News Leader

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Parenting (Anime) Win
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Failblog admittedly got this wrong as a “fail” so we’re turning the tide and slapping a proud “win” on this little girl. She doesn’t know what’s going on, but for those in the know, yes, that is Winry Rockbell of Fullmetal Alchemist.

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Amanda Bynes was at L.A.’s Greystone Manor Supperclub Thursday night before she was cited for investigation of DUI on Friday. I don’t know if you’ve seen pictures from inside Greystone Manor but that sh*t is ridiculous – you’d look foolish if you weren’t drinking where party rock is in the house (psst – that song is about cocaine).

Bynes’s father, Rick, is going on record saying, ”She was not drunk. I was told that she blew a zero on the Breathalyzer. She didn’t have a single drink that night. My daughter doesn’t drink.” In a related line of questioning, Rick went on to say, “She is a good girl. She just chooses not to work, and because of that, people go after her.”

I give 8-bit props to Rick for standing by his daughter. Whether she was unable to drive, it sounds like he really believes her. And hey that’s cool. I’d probably do the same thing if I was clueless into the life of my celebrity daughter. I would want to sleep at night believing that I raised a “good girl”.

Unfortunately I know all about being 26 (a distant 6 years ago for me) and I’m pretty sure her parents haven’t been allowed full access into her private life for a while now. Take no work + posh treatment + money + attention and you’ve got the winning combo breaker for any celebrity within the TMZ.

According to a source from People, she ”seemed fine to drive” when she left the Standard Hotel in West Hollywood – where she is a regular and had dinner Thursday night before her arrest. She had alcohol, but “never seemed drunk,” the source says.

Looks like next harvest will be even better.

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