I was watching The Princess Diaries and realized that they are making making an interesting claim within the plot about women and their societal expectations. Mia is a regular awkward high school student who finds out she is princess of a foreign country called Genovia. After much convincing, she accepts her role as heir. When she accepts she then must undergo an extensive makeover and training to act like a "proper" lady. A team of professionals completely change her physical appearance and make her princess material. This conveys the claim to the audience that the only way to be a true princess is to look and act a certain way. This can be harmful to little girls and their self esteem if they feel that they do not look extremely pretty, and will think that they have to change themselves in order to be important. I love this movie to death- it is hilarious- but it was interesting to me to see the claims being made about appearance.
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