Behind the Cartoon Curtain | Why Soviet Animation Needed Safe Rebels

What if her defiance was exactly what the system had planned for? 🌸 Are you curious about how Soviet animation shaped you or entire generations? Find out more here:    • From 9 to 6 and Beyond: What Soviet Animat...   Soviet and Post-Soviet children had no real-life princesses in their countries, but fairy-tale depictions of rebellious, energetic princesses played a significant role in their childhoods. Some link it with the current trends around "slavicness" and explain some patterns in behaviour as being inspired precisely by these characters. But what if their rebellion was staged? What if princesses who rebelled for love were only temporarily delaying the inevitable - the role society assigned for them? Was it even based on true love, and if not, is rebelling even worth the effort? An analysis of the smashing, defiant princess of The Flying Ship, the runaway lovers of The Bremen Town Musicians, and the strangely self-aware Skazka Skazyvaetsya, where the villain explains how the whole machinery works. 🌸 If this made you think about how systems cast women in roles, watch my analysis on witches in film next -   • The Love Witch: Patriarchy's Most Feared A...   Movies used in analysis: The Flying Ship (1979, Garri Bardin) The Bremen Town Musicians (1969, Inessa Kovalevskaya) The Tale Is Told (1970, Ivan Aksenchuk) 0:00 Introduction 02:52 A quest of love 10:14 The system exposed 12:40 Future video tease 13:18 Conclusion