Question 3 : Most Memorable Childhood Film

The Princess And The Pauper 

Just like any other, little girl as a child i was obsessed with Barbie, but not the type of girl that watched the film and knew some of the words but mumbled a few because she was so unsure. No. I somehow was "that girl" but times a million. Not only did I know the songs and watched the film, I had the dolls, I had the dress, I had the musical tracks. At the time there was just something about having two people from varied backgrounds singing the same song and playing roles as one, despite their obvious diverse, almost opposite backgrounds. The fact that both women were portrayed as heroes, saving the male charters and not being set aside, just really empowered me, motivated me. 

The amount of times that i must have watched this film, would make anyone cry, it was always on the tv, it just had to be. The nostalgia that comes with this film for me, personally is overwhelming, i can still hear the way the characters talked and how i tried to just be like them. My Dad still has videos of me singing and dancing to the songs that were always buzzing around in my head, unaware whilst filming that he was capturing my childhood.

Looking back on it, i almost become ashamed that i was so obsessed with the idea of unrealistic beauty goals, endorsed by 'Barbie'. But at the time it was just a film that entertained me with its various songs and outlooks on the imaginary world around the characters. I can't say that i would never watch it again because quite frankly, I am still the same girl that would watch it thousands of times a week.