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Who’s afraid of Cruella de Vil? New stories are humanising female villains of old
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Who’s afraid of Cruella de Vil? New stories are humanising female villains of old
Thursday 1 July 2021, 12:05 AM
Disney’s latest live-action films are providing origin stories for female villains of old, extending them a degree of sympathy, discarding the usual focus on the “good” princess, writes Michelle Smith of Monash University
Instead of consigning the female villain to a simplistic caricature of evil, films such as Maleficent offer nuanced depictions
Disney’s new live-