Who’s afraid of Cruella de Vil? New stories are humanising female villains of old

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Who’s afraid of Cruella de Vil? New stories are humanising female villains of old

The Conversation

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Providing back stories for villains blurs the divide between good and evil

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Disney’s latest live-action films are providing origin stories for female villains of old, extending them a degree of sympathy, discarding the usual focus on the “good” princess writes Michelle Smith

Disney’s new live-action Cruella transforms the infamous Dal­matian-killer into an aspiring fashion designer driven to embrace the darkness and a life