Monday, September 21, 2009

My Favorite Non-Disney Princess

Many of us who were little girls of the nineties were some of the first pretending to be Belle, Ariel, or Jasmine. Let me tell you, I WAS Ariel whenever in a swimming pool. And I WAS Belle when reading a book or in a library. I WAS Jasmine when I played with my Aladdin Barbie dolls. But there was one princess that was able to sneak into my list of "I am ______", without the actually Disney label attached to her.

Anybody remember The Swan Princess?

I went through an Odette phase as well, and even had the Swan Princess Soundtrack. Last week I was babysitting for a little girl and we popped this in the VHS. (yes we kicked it old school even with how we watched this non-Disney classic.) Boy, I reverted back to my six year old existence, instantly filled with an immense sense of gratitude for my mother who put up with my near obsessive interests in such movies and their merchandise.

I thought I'd leave you with my favorite clip from the movie. Hope you enjoy this wonderfully cheesy, almost-as-good-as-Alan-Menken's-masterpieces, song by Derek and Odette... I give them an A for effort, haha.

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