Let's talk about Tangled

[Shibe]

Does anyone else think that in real life, Rapunzel would have suffered from trauma and anxiety from her hair getting cut like that? Her hair was her life, and she used it to comfort herself (in Mother knows best, you can see her hiding in it.).

Going from insanely long to super short would be traumatic, imo. (I guess that's why it's Disney!)

Thoughts?

[Entangled]

Honestly, with all of the trauma she went trough in a matter of hours, I think she should have gone into shock. I mean, from her near kidnapping, to Flynn's 'betrayal', to her mother enslaving her, to the haircut, to the death and healing of Flynn, to meeting parents she never knew and accepting the responsibility of princess, well, I think she would be experiencing all sorts of anxiety.

[chen bao jun]

I would guess that through the haircut and her hair turning brown, they were trying to show that Flynn loves her for herself, not just her hair (like her manipulative 'mother) but I found the haircut to be a very traumatic part of the movie and not really necessary.
They changed the original story so much that I don't think of it as really being Rapunzel (where her haircut was very traumatic and the witch then used her cut off hair to trap the Prince and blind him).

[spidermom]

Nope. Happens all the time on makeover shows. Most don't cry.

[Entangled]

The most contributing factor would be that her hair, once cut, can't grow anymore, or at least that's how it seems. Since she used it for a tool, she might be reaching for it occasionally when it isn't there, kind of like a "ghost feeling" of a missing limb. Since since she had always had long hair, and didn't put the beauty effort into growing it like we do, I think it would mainly be getting used to missing something you've had your entire life, not missing a cosmetic thing.

[patienceneeded]

No. Her hair was never cut because her "mother" never allowed it. Long hair was not her choice.

Plus, she's fictional. There is that.

[Larki]

I've always loved that movie, but don't like the ending much.

[martyna_22]

When I watched it, I thought 'Why on Earth did he chop her hair so short? He could leave it at waist and it'd still be unactive in terms of magic.."
Anyway, I don't think so, she found love, went back to her family, found out life was entirely different, so I say go with change all the way! She finally found happiness, so hair was probably not a problem.

[Kherome]

It's just hair, even if it glows. Personally I bet she was super relieved to be freed of the burden of what must be a zillion pounds of hair.

[CurlMonster]

I found that scene of the movie quite problematic. I really wish they had shown her cutting her own hair, then I think it would've come across as her empowering choice to be free etc, rather than as a traumatic thing for Flynn to do to her.