Hercules

thing,” reinforcing subconscious notions of women’s sexuality as devious. Other body-types would be the large muse who is supposed to bring diversity, but she is only used for comic relief proving that to be big you need to be funny. Philoctetes (Phil for short) is depicted as a short, hairy and overweight Satyr who scares away women. He refers to women using derogatory names such as ‘Sweet Cheeks’ and ‘DID’ (Damsels in Distress) and at times, he violently comes on to them. In one scene, Phil is seen spying on nymphs bathing in a pond, thus portraying a creepy and perverted voyeurism aspect associated with short and ugly men. The most obvious body-type that is depicted is Hercules. He starts as a scrawny outcast, and becomes a huge, ripped hero. Hercules’ body image transformation in the song ‘Zero to Hero’ instills in the audience the conception that men should be big and strong to protect women instead of scrawny thin losers. He is also portrayed as extremely handsome with perfect white teeth, golden flowing hair, and blue eyes to set another ridiculously high standard of beauty for young impressionable boys. Finally, if we look into the Greek tradition of ogres, it’s pretty clear that they were never portrayed as “fat,” but just large, so we find it a bit troubling that Disney went out of its way to pair fat/obese with an evil village destroying ogre. It seems to reinforce a lot of ill-will in society toward fat people.
Disney movies often include deviant characters. These characters are almost always someone of less fortune trying to become the most powerful person in the world. This often includes taking revenge for something that was done to them long ago. In Hercules the main deviant plot formed by Hades is all a plan t...

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...ules have many similar characteristics as Hades but have their own too. First, the Titans (shown right) have deep voices. Young kids would be scared of this because the voices are intimidating and are a signal towards strength. The Titans also are very destructive. This is also seen by kids as a bad thing because through their parents and people they know, destroying things is not good. As children, if you went over to somebody else’s Lego tower and knocked it all down, you were scolded and told that it was wrong. So when these children see this destruction, they know that it is bad and shouldn’t be something that they should be doing. The Titans are also look at as convicts because they are locked in a prison. This automatically links them with deviance in the mind of a child. Next, Pain and Panic (shown left) have sharp teeth and facial features. Pain is