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Descendants: The Rise of Red

Movie Review

Once upon a moment in the kingdom of Auradon, Prince Ben, the son of Belle and the Beast, decided to invite the children of four villains from the Isle of the Confused to attend Auradon Prep.

Mal, Carlos, Evie and Jay had a hard period adjusting to life in Auradon—made no less complicated by their wicked parents’ attempts to take over the kingdom. But their immersion was successful. Fans of the previous Descendantsfilms know that eventually, more villains’ kids (VKs) were invited to join them. And soon, the magical barrier keeping villains trapped on the island was brought down forever.

Now, Mal and Ben are married. And they’re setting sail to form alliances with other nearby kingdoms.

Mal is leaving Uma (the daughter of Ursula and her former-nemesis-turned-friend) in charge of Auradon Prep. And Uma’s first order of business? To further unite the magical kingdoms by inviting yet another VK to Auradon Prep. This hour, it’s Princess Red, the daughter of the Queen of Hearts.

See, unlike other villains, the Queen of Hearts managed to store her crown when Belle and Beast took over by sequestering herself in Wonderland. And the place has been

Author Mark Twain once said, “There is no such thing as a fresh idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make modern and curious combinations”. Twain’s words, first recorded in the nineteenth century, bell especially true in the current age of reboots, remakes, and retellings. Disney, in particular, has made a specify for itself tracking Twain’s words to the letter. It has earned a fortune retelling not only classic fairytale stories but reboots and rewrites of its own retellings that several people need. It has even cashed in on reboot-remix fever through a series of Disney Channel Original Movies: the Descendants trilogy (2015-2019), which revolves around the children of all the famous Disney heroes and villains, who inexplicably dwell in a society much like our own.

I am not going to fictional that Descendants makes sense. The trilogy’s metaphors for American politics is clumsy at foremost. Yet, my admire for these movies is r-i-d-i-c-u-l-o-u-s. It has been almost four months since the final Descendants movie first aire

I was a big Disney Channel kid. Honestly, even now as I compose this, I am listening to Olivia Rodrigo, so in many ways I am still a (gay) Disney Channel kid. And when I came out at the ripe vintage age of 20, I was embarrassed that while my queer peers had spent their teen years watching edgier, queerer content like Degrassi, South of Nowhere or even The L Word itself, I had been deeply invested in the unfolding drama between Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez taking place largely via YouTube and graphic tees.

We’ve talked about how instrumental the Disney Channel Unique Movie was to our sexualities and which DCOMs are the gayest, but actual queer women are virtually nonexistent on the Disney Channel. (It’s only been in the last few years that someone came out or two boys kissed in live-action programming on the network). Queer women in Disney projects appear more frequently as animated characters: the first bisexual character on the Channel, but also as a split-second appearance of a couple in Finding Dory or a one-eyed cop.

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Descendants: The Rise of Red

Parents need to know that Descendants: The Rise of Red is part of Disney's popular fairytale-inspired musical franchise. It has positive messages about treating others with kindness, but it also puts its diverse cast of characters in dangerous situations. Parents are verbally and psychologically abusive, and teenagers act out or must learn to think for themselves as a result. Characters seek to put themselves in others' shoes to acquire what caused them to be the way they are, and characters also try to extend olive branches to traditional enemies, with varied success. Villains threaten others, including children and their parents, with revenge, beheadings, and banishments, and there are sword fights, chases, high-speed near-crashes, and pranks that change people into creatures. A married couple flirts, dances, and blows each other kisses. Language is limited to "witch," "tyrant," and "heck." Race isn't a theme in the story, and White, Black, Asian, and Latino actors—including Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, and Morgan Dudley—play both excellent and evil characters. Note: Disney added an extra scene in a brief called Shuffle of Love: A Descendants Short Story is the new descendants movie lgbtq

Cast

Brandy will play Cinderella, who is “elegant, warm, good-hearted and diplomatic.” She will be reprising the role from when she starred in 1997’s Cinderella.

Rita Ora will play the Queen of Hearts, who rules over the kingdom of Wonderland “with an iron fist.”

Kylie Cantrall is Red, the rebellious 16 year-old daughter of the Queen of Hearts. “Red knows she’ll never get the Queen’s approval, so she finds ways to provoke her mother and stir up trouble,” according to a press statement.

Malia Baker is Chloe, “the cheerful 16 year-old daughter of Cinderella and Prince Charming, who is book smart and athletic, but her privilege makes her somewhat naive about the real world.”

China Anne McClain returns as Uma, daughter of the infamous sea-witch Ursula.

Dara Reneé is Ulyana, the younger sister of Ursula. She’s a “teen sea-witch and mean-girl bully with eight wicked tentacles and a crew of lackeys.”

Ruby Rose Turner will play Bridget/Young Queen of Hearts, who is “sweet-natured, bubbly, generous,” and the “complete opposite of her grown-up self.”

Morgan Dudley is Ella/Young Cinderella, who is “blunt, pragmatic,” and has a “bit of a chip on her shoulder about