O.K. so maybe you won’t turn mice into horses, but this isn’t a fairytale. My favorite song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is “Impossible” when Cinderella can’t believe she is actually on her way to the ball. At this point in the story, Cinderella wants to be included, to go to the ball, maybe meet […]
Cinderella 7 Moving from Impossible to It’s Possible Read More »
Visualization is not enough. You need to take action and Make Use of the Tools Available to You! Cinderella’s favorite way to unwind from the daily stress of fulfilling her step-sisters’ and step-mother’s every demand was to go to her corner and picture a different life for herself. According to the song, “In My Own
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Cinderella’s Corner was the ultimate of comfort zones. Quoting Rodgers and Hammerstein “In my own little corner, in my own little chair, I can be whatever I want to be. On the wings of my fancy I can fly anywhere, and the world will open its arms to me.” As Cinderella spins her imagination, she
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The best thing that happens to Cinderella isn’t marrying the prince. The best thing is meeting her Fairy Godmother. Yeah, it’s cool that she has a magic wand and can turn a pumpkin into a golden carriage. But it’s the confidence the Fairy Godmother gives Cinderella that helps her see that her dream is more
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Cinderella had great ammunition for her helplessness- her evil step-sisters. These wretched creatures were more evil on the inside than anything else. They had not a kind word for anyone or anything including each other and especially not for Cinderella. In truth, they fear anything that threatens their version of reality, which is that they
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With all of the things that are wrong in Cinderella’s world, the Prince stands for the best life has to offer – the dream. In the days when women had few choices, the best life meant living a life of leisure and pleasure in the castle with the rest of the Royals. Cinderella wouldn’t very
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Cinderella is a hard-working young woman. She feels that she has few choices in life. She does what she is told to, takes criticism from her family seriously, and believes in her heart that the life she has is all she can expect. Her home life is drudgery and abusive, and if she is lucky
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As a lifelong Cinderella fan, I have always encountered those who want to tell me how degrading, anti-female, and disempowering fairytales are. With good intentions (most of the time) they want me to see how foolish I am for loving a story that I was introduced to as a toddler. When I was a child,
Ten Things We can Learn from the Cinderella Story. Read More »
When I worked as a talent agent, and for a few years after when my kids were acting, I learned a key thing that keeps proving itself to be true. You only have about 90 seconds for people to see if you are worth paying attention to or they should move on. Many actors’ information
