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The mum always censors the same part of a beloved Disney film (stock image)(Image: Jaque Silva\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\nA mum has caused a stir after choosing to censor the same “three seconds” of a popular Disney film because she doesn’t want her daughter to hear or be negatively influenced by itThe mum always censors the same part of a beloved Disney film (stock image)(Image: Jaque Silva\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A mum has taken to \u201ccensoring\u201d the same part of a song in Disney\u2019s smash hit animated film Tangled but it\u2019s left many people disagreeing with her. Tangled, released in 2010, tells the story of Rapunzel, a princess who is kidnapped by the evil, narcissistic Mother Gothel who is desperate to hold onto her youth and beauty<\/a>.<\/p>\n She locks Rapunzel in an isolated tower and raises her as her own, all so she can use the princess\u2019s famous golden hair for her personal gain. This is because Rapunzel\u2019s hair has magical qualities that can heal wounds and reverse time, helping Mother Gothel maintain her looks<\/a>.<\/p>\n As the film progresses, Rapunzel\u2019s curiosity about the outside world<\/a> grows and she raises these feelings with Mother Gothel. This leads to the hit song, Mother Knows Best, in which the evil character tries to instil deep fears into Rapunzel<\/a>.<\/p>\n She sings about \u201cruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand, cannibals and snakes\u201d as well as \u201cthe plague\u201d and \u201cmen with pointy teeth\u201d in a bid to terrify Rapunzel.<\/p>\n To hammer things home further, Mother Gothel then goes on to criticise Rapunzel\u2019s character, blasting her as \u201csloppy, underdressed, immature, [and] clumsy\u201d, as well as \u201cgullible, na\u00efve\u201d, \u201cpositively grubby\u201d and \u201cditzy\u201d.<\/p>\n The next line, however, is being consistently censored by one mum who doesn\u2019t want her daughter to hear it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s when Mother Gothel sings: \u201cPlus, I believe, getting kinda chubby,” while tapping underneath Rapunzel\u2019s chin.<\/p>\n In a video shared to TikTok, the woman\u2019s little girl can be seen from behind as she watches the film. When it\u2019s time for the offending lyric, the mum mutes the track before turning the volume up once it\u2019s passed.<\/p>\n Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n Over the top of the footage, the mum added the words: \u201cMuting the same three seconds every time my daughter asks to watch Tangled.”<\/p>\n But many other TikTok users thought this was an unusual and unwarranted tactic to take which could do more harm than good.<\/p>\n One person said: \u201cShe censored \u2018chubby\u2019 we are doomed as a society.”<\/p>\n Another said: \u201cPrepare the child for the road not the road for the child.\u201d<\/p>\n To which, someone else replied: \u201cThis exactly. It would be the perfect time to open up a dialogue about why that line in context is wrong and why it\u2019s also wrong to apply to real life.\u201d<\/p>\n A fourth suggested: \u201cCouldn\u2019t you just explain to her why Mother Gothel is wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n While a fifth said: \u201cSince Mother Gothel is the \u2018bad guy\u2019 use that to help explain [how] what she said was wrong and bad.”<\/p>\n Offering a different perspective, another TikTok user said: \u201cGod forbid she wants her child to be body positive.”<\/p>\n But someone else replied: \u201cThe whole point is the evil character is saying this. Censoring anything negative is just going to affect her child later on…”<\/p>\n Another person said: \u201cShe\u2019s a villain, of course she\u2019s going to be mean. What???\u201d<\/p>\n And another said: \u201cThing is, every time you pause it, you\u2019re drawing attention to it.”<\/p>\n Others were confused as to why the mum felt the need to censor the word \u201cchubby\u201d but not any of the other negative things Mother Gothel said about Rapunzel.<\/p>\n One person said: \u201cAll of the other things she is saying and mom is hyper focused on the chubby part????\u201d<\/p>\n Another added: \u201cWhy would you not censor all the other things Mother Gothel is saying. Things that are literally worse than the chubby line.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mum has caused a stir after choosing to censor the same “three seconds” of a popular Disney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,23310,56,54,55,2259],"class_list":["post-73512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-the-walt-disney-company","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-viral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}