Substitute a cell phone for a glass slipper, a classic convertible for a magic pumpkin, and the busy suburb of L.A. for a kingdom far, away and what do you end up with? A happily-ever-after twist of the Cinderella fairy tale!!! The 2004 Warner Brothers Entertainment movie featuring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray is today's version of the classic Cinderella fairy tale.
I absolutely love this movie and watch it all the time! I grew up knowing and loving the original Disney classic Cinderella too, so it was easy to follow and compare the two when first watching this movie. Just like the Disney Cinderella, there was an evil stepmother and two stepsisters, a prince (or cute, popular boy), and a dad that wasn't shown much in the movie, and of course a "cinderella" (unfortunate teenage stepdaughter). And even though the dad only appeared at the beginning of the movie, he was basically present in spirit and remembrance through Sam ("cinderella") the entire movie. I won't give too much detail about the movie cause you have to see it for yourself if you haven't already!
And after reading the early Cinderella versions from the Brothers Grimm, Perrault, Jacobs, and others, they seemed very different than what I grew up knowing as the "Cinderella" fairy tale. In addition, as I've grown up there have been numerous renditions of Cinderella with movies, books, tv shows and so much more. They've even had a movie with superstar Brandy playing Cinderella. Who knows what our society will come up with next as we move into the future....????
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