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First off, I thought the musical was fantastic. It was funny and interesting. Interesting because I had “gender stereotypes” in mind. Like every other fairy tales, the Queen appeared to be insanely unreasonably unkind. Also, the red custom she wore in the beginning of the musical reminded me of a devil. The queen was portrayed as a typical evil and stick queen. For example, in sleeping beauty or Cinderella, both of the queens are evil, and they always seem to have the power to be extra mean. Also, even though there were some qualities that I didn’t really approve of of the king, like when he would chase after girls and touch their butt, at the end of the musical, he was the “good” guy. He gained his power (symbolized with voice) back when the queen lost hers. Also, when the Prince started to sing, his voice changed completely to a “manly man” voice, instead of his rather girly voice. If he were to sing in his girly voice, I think how people would have interpreted the song would be very different, since princes are supposed to be manly and brave. Also, I can’t remember Elise Vreede’s character’s name, but even though she wanted to leave, not particularly to solve her problems but to avoid conflicts, people sort of stopped her so that she could depend on her future husband.
By the queen, the prince was pressured to be “perfect”, and by the society the female characters were pressured to be talkative, dependent, and more.