Tuesday, May 10, 2011

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair" (Tangled analysis - Eugene)

"Rapunzel?  Rapunzel, let down your hair!"

Not only is this the line everyone has been waiting for, identifying Eugene as Rapunzel's rescuer, this is a turning point in the movie Tangled from Disney.

Flynn (Eugene): "Listen, Blondie-"

Rapunzel: "-Rapunzel."

Flynn (Eugene): "...Gesundheit."

And from here on, Flynn calls Rapunzel "Blondie" - that is, until he arrives to save her.  "Rapunzel?  Rapunzel, let down your hair!"  This moment makes it clear to everyone that Flynn has become Eugene for good.  The lantern scene wasn't a dream - it was real, and Eugene really does have a new dream.


~Meggy

1 comment:

  1. What a fabulous insight! You are totally right.

    Another cool thing about the lantern scene: the lantern Rapunzel lifts back into the sky is her parents'. A beautiful symbol of how only Rapunzel can lift & sustain her parents. Isn't animation a beautiful & stylized way to tell a story!

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