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Deeply hidden away in every American is a memory of some fairytale they first heard as a child—and those standards of Eurocentric beauty are haunting.
Actor/comedian Sarah Ann Masse is the American half of British-American sketch comedy duo, We Are Thomasse. Her husband and fellow performer Nick Afka Thomas is the Brit. Masse was reminded of her childhood fairytale fascination during a recent audition in New York after moving from Los Angeles earlier this year. Then she was struck with a character idea. She decided to put a feminist twist onto those childhood fairytale memories.
“I’ve always loved Disney and princesses, and the first movie I can remember is The Little Mermaid,” Masse told the Daily Dot. “I think that’s a pretty common experience.”
Masse teamed up with others to work on Feminist Fairytales. Mark Philip Lichtenstein directed the first three episodes—Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella—and Jose Grau and Nick Afka Thomas directed episodes 4-6—The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Rapunzel.
Read the full story here: http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/feminist-fairytales-we-are-thomasse/
