Because I'm not deaf, dumb, and blind, I'm aware of the current "Princess" trend among young girls today. I won't come right out and state my opinion, but please be advised if any of you give my daughter pink apparel with the word "Princess" emblazoned in sparkles across the front, there's a good chance that will be the day I decide she has too many clothes and that some of them must be donated to charity right away.
The other night, a friend came over with his two young daughters. They wanted to watch a movie, but had already seen almost everything the family section of our DVD collection had to offer. They finally settled on Disney's "The Sword in the Stone." During the exposition scenes at the beginning of the movie, a little voice piped up:
"What's this movie about?"
I figured she didn't understand what was going on, since the backstory was being sung by a guy with a very warbly voice. "Well, you see that sword in the stone? Whoever pulls it out gets to be king..."
"Oh. Is there a princess in this movie?"
"I, uhhhhh... a princess? Well, the story is about that boy there, Arthur..."
"Oh. It's not about a princess?"
"Well, no. There might be a princess at the end. I can't really remember."
"Oh." She darted her eyes about, looking for an escape.
"But there are a lot of cool things in this movie! There's, uhhhh... castles, and uhhhhh, knights and uhhhh... magic. And Merlin! Have you heard of Merlin?"
"No."
"He's a wizard... Like... like in Harry Potter!"
"Oh. A wizard. Okay."
Phew. To her credit, she did watch the whole movie. I think she even enjoyed it. Even without the princess.
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