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Pure Evil: Disney's Darkest Divas

Disney's newest villain, Dr. Facilier of The Princess and the Frog, reminds us that all of our favorite villains have some serious diva traits. From Ursula to Cruella, take a walk down memory lane.


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We keep seeing movie posters everywhere featuring Disney's newest villain, Dr. Facilier of The Princess and the Frog. He's quite a dandy fellow, if you ask us. The feather in his top hat and his dapper jacket with tails got us thinking about our favorite Disney villains of all time, which made us realize that they basically all have some serious diva traits. Take a step onto memory lane — hopefully your mom won't have to bust out the sheet protectors because of those awful Ursula nightmares again.

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Cruella De Vil — 101 Dalmatians: Have you asked Cruella how she is lately? We're sure she replied, "Miserable, darling, as usual. Perfectly wretched." Spoken like a true, self-important diva. If Cruella De Vil were a real person, she would be the number 1 target of PETA — seriously, who is malicious enough to collect a ton of adorable puppies only to skin them? And no doubt, with those cheekbones, that lady's had some work done.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Tyler
    Date posted: 12/16/2009 8:42:27 PM
    Hometown: San Luis Obispo

    Comment:

    That's too funny and what kind of role model is Cruella deVil to kids anyway, she chain smokes, has an ugly temper and kills dogs.

  • Name: Lorraine
    Date posted: 12/15/2009 6:19:28 PM
    Hometown: Astoria, NY

    Comment:

    What about Mulan? She's not a villain, but her character is certainly queer-friendly. She dresses like a boy and joins the army to prove her worth in a misogynistic society. She's a far cry from the princess in the tower who needs rescuing. Of course, the movie has the usual fairytale hetero ending (boy gets girl...who used to be a boy?), but I still remember her binding her breasts and being terrified of being discovered by the other soldiers. Of course, it would have been nice to see her end up with a geisha, but what are you gonna do?

  • Name: Scission
    Date posted: 12/15/2009 1:41:44 PM
    Hometown: Seattle

    Comment:

    How did Claude Frollo (evil judge from Hunchback of Notre Dame) not make this list? That man is just evil incarnate.

  • Name: M
    Date posted: 12/14/2009 10:09:08 PM
    Hometown: Portland

    Comment:

    The Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid resembles a lesbian (even if she is not) and thats kind of messed up. When a film making company has animated films with thin pretty straight girls who get to be loved and live happily ever after, it sends a message to young lesbian girls that the best they can hope for is to be the villian.

  • Name: Francis Schwitzgebel Torres
    Date posted: 12/13/2009 10:33:44 PM
    Hometown: Leeds

    Comment:

    All of them remind me of Cher.

  • Name: otis
    Date posted: 12/13/2009 8:34:19 PM
    Hometown: london

    Comment:

    when it become such a crime for people to just look at sething and see it for what it is. this is just a bit of fun accept it and move on . Stop making everything so political and just smile it does not hurt. There is nothing wrong with a young girl or boy wanting to be a princess or villan

  • Name: C.C
    Date posted: 12/13/2009 7:16:09 PM
    Hometown: Nowhere U.S.A

    Comment:

    "If it's any consolation"? I seriously hope you're joking, and not using the women's movement to make yourself feel better about your struggles. That said, Disney villains have been glorified and generally well-liked. I know just as many girls who looked up to Cruella or Maleficent rathr than Snow White or Cinderella. I'll bet the villian in "Swan" will have nearly as big a fan following as the princess.

  • Name: Michaelandfred
    Date posted: 12/12/2009 6:41:50 PM
    Hometown: miami beach

    Comment:

    I suppose if it's any consolation, the last ten years Disney has been on a Princess trip and set back the women's movement decades. Every little girl under the age of ten has given up the idea of taking care of herself, becoming President or a CEO and has gone to wait to be "saved" by her Prince Charming in her fluffy little pink Palace (designed, decorated, video gamed, and sound tracked by Disney Inc.) At least we get strong, if evil, characters. I'd rather be Cruela than Ariel any day. ;-) But the points made here are spot on. When one of the worlds biggest companies with the best gay friendly policies can be so blatantly ....Anti-Gay?..... where's the hope for the rest of them

  • Name: Red Seven
    Date posted: 12/12/2009 1:36:02 PM
    Hometown: Washington, DC

    Comment:

    Sorry, CRD - but Ben has a point. I love Disney cartoons, and was enjoying this little story, until it occurred to me that all a cartoon has to do to make a man "villainous" is to make him a little swishy - suddenly his nefarious intent becomes a whole lot scarier. This isn't Disney's fault, per se - they didn't create homophobia, but they do use it to suit their purposes. And it's hardly a conspiracy; in fact, it's pretty blatant and obviousl Of course, if tough, ballsy women and queer-seeming men were occasionally the heroes of these animated films, this would mitigate the issue somehow. It only took seventy-odd years to introduce a black princess. I could imagine we'd see our first gay Disney hero around the year 2080.

  • Name: FakeName
    Date posted: 12/12/2009 12:59:31 PM
    Hometown: Anytown

    Comment:

    Ursula and Perez Hilton: Separated at birth?



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