Episode Reviews

This was far more enjoyable to listen to than the Barbie Rapunzel movie ever was to watch. Although, there are also some very interesting things going on in this film. Such creative writing, and such a baffling take on this fairy tale. I remember being really surprised that this would be the take Barbie would have on Rapunzel, and listening to Mena and Jason talk about it brought all that weirdness back for me. The sharing of the classic tale before diving into the very-much-not-classic retelling of it made the many, many ways Barbie's Rapunzel deviates from the fairy tale incredibly clear.Also: what's with making Rapunzel a painter/artist? I never realized before, but Disney absolutely took inspiration from Barbie's version of this fairy tale, didn't they? Wowsers.