Back to the more colourful kids' fare, though, which is forever concealing hidden depths. Pixar get most of the kudos for their grown up themes but Disney's mainstream studio haven't been dragging their feet in that respect, either. Whilst Frozen got most of the plaudits, it's possible that their previous princess feature, the Rapunzel retelling Tangled, was even better. At least it didn't have that super annoying snowman. It also has a heck of a lot of Freudian themes in there, too. Y'know, the sometimes a cigar is just a cigar but sometimes it's a metaphor for a penis and how come you like putting it in your mouth so much, huh? school of psychoanalysis, which is also about repressed sexuality and how the unconscious mind guides what you consciously do. Everything in Tangled is symbolic of something. Rapunzel's hair is her connection to Gothel, who keeps her locked up in a tower, and she only escapes by cutting it off. The tower she's kept in represents all the lies she was told as a child to keep her there. Flying lanterns have the freedom she lacks. There's a whole lot of inner desire in Tangled.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
