"Every person's wish is theirs and it's not always what it seems."From: NewNowNext
A new animated short from Hulu is challenging fairy tale conventions with its simple and understated representation of same-sex love.
“Rosaline” follows a young girl as she sets off through a mysterious forest to take radishes to her love. In the forest, she encounters a trio of traditional fairy tale tropes (the wicked witch, the hungry wolf, the fairy godmother), all of whom try to persuade her to fall into their respective stereotypical fairy tale plots (eating a poison apple, being seduced into lunch, finding prince charming).
Our heroine resists, summing it up best in her final lines to the fairy godmother when she implores Rosaline to let her find her the male suitor of her dreams: “That’s kind of you to offer, but you have not seen my dreams. Every person’s wish is theirs and it’s not always what it seems.” At the end of Rosaline’s journey, it turns out her wish has already come to life in the form of her female sweetheart.
“Historically, kids’ media shies away from LGBT love, marriage and identity, which can cause an imbalance,” director Daniel Errico told The Huffington Post. “We are missing an opportunity to foster children’s natural ability to accept and understand themselves and others.”
This is the second LGBT fairy tale Errico and his team have released with Hulu after last year’s “The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived,” which follows the adventures of a gay pumpkin farmer who dreams of being a hero.
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