One of the
most common complaints leveled against Disney films has always been the lack of
complexity. Their detractors generally emphasize that the Disney universe seem
to adhere to a rigid Good/Evil dichotomy, with little or no room for nuanced,
multi-faceted characters. Disney's latest effort Maleficent,
a live-action reinterpretation with gothic undertones of the 1959 iconic
animated feature film Sleeping Beauty, appears like a
curious attempt to break with tradition and respond to those allegations with a
shining counterexample.
