Paul Liberatore in The Marin Independent Journal:
Marin filmmaker Brenda Chapman, who won an Oscar for writing and co-directing the animated feature “Brave,” blasted Disney’s sexy makeover of her movie’s feisty heroine, Merida, as “a blatantly sexist marketing move based on money.” … “I think it’s atrocious what they have done to Merida … When little girls say they like it because it’s more sparkly, that’s all fine and good but, subconsciously, they are soaking in the sexy ‘come-hither’ look and the skinny aspect of the new version. It’s horrible!”
It’s really blistering, bridge-burning stuff, and I salute her for it: “I forget that Disney’s goal is to make money without concern for integrity.”
Previously: Disney gives Brave princess a body makeover