Pocahontas

Pocahontas and others like her were, and are, the defining aspect of consumer culture in the late twentieth century. I personally do not view her as solely extreme romanticism of Native American culture, but more the byproduct of a Disney money-making machine in the era that produced other very extreme romances, such as Jasmine and Arabian culture or Mulan and her Chinese heritage. I am not calling Disney some evil corporation that is out to ruin history for the appeal of little children, but rather observing their recreations as a way to make money off an opportunity that was easy to identify in that time. What is even more humorous about this romanticism is the way children grew up and learned this as history as reality, and are surprised to hear when their favorite childhood character's didn't actually have a tiger for a pet or didn't actually marry John Smith. Disney really isn't to blame in their changing of the stories, they just needed to make them more appealing to youngsters who were easily entertained by animation and playful songs. I really do wish I would have grown up watching historically correct videos, but I am kind of glad that I didn't whenever I start humming Under the Sea or Just Around the Riverbend.