Maybe we’re not thinking of the same movies, but when I think of old Disney I don’t see that pattern:
Snow White: an orphan girl, bullied by her step mom, flees into the woods to live with dwarfs, then becomes a princess because she’s pretty.
Pinocchio: wooden puppet is given life by a fairy to reward its craftsman for being a good person.
Fantasia: artistic vignettes
Bambi: life of a deer.
Cinderella: an orphan girl, bullied by her stepmom, becomes a princess because she’s pretty, with the help of a fairy who rewards her for being a good person.
To me it seems like the good guys are mostly attractive youths with a strong work ethic and no parents.
Maybe we’re not thinking of the same movies, but when I think of old Disney I don’t see that pattern:
To me it seems like the good guys are mostly attractive youths with a strong work ethic and no parents.
Most of them succed in life by marrying royalty though.