Hori-BELL News!

After 50 years of scene stealing, Disney has decided to give Tinker Bell a full length feature. It is the launch of a new line of regalia they are calling Fairies. Tink will no longer be the only fairy we know, and she will speak! I don’t know if she only speaks to other Fairies, or how it’s going to work, but I’m not exactly thrilled about this. I am even less thrilled about their choice in who is providing the voice. Brittany Murphy is an annoying actress who gets too much work. While a very talented singer, I have nothing else positive to say about her. The woman used to be a spunky, chunky brunette, then lost a million pounds, died her hair blonde, put collagen in her lips and starts wandering through Hollywood as the next leading lady. This is not a role model for innocent little girls. Although I suppose it is not a surprise since Disney has been very good to her ever since she was on their “Torkelsons” spinoff “Almost Home” when she was 12. I’m not exactly sure why, when they could have spent more energy on the adorable Olivia Burnette. …But I digress. TINK is my girl! And one of the great things about her was that she was never in the spotlight, but still we all wanted to watch her. Then all these other little girls started to like her and Disney started redrafting her into a stupid computer animated version, and sewing her onto all kinds of clothing, etc. with crazy eyes. And now they are putting her front and center (which I would be happy about if she was a real person, an actor who’s due was a long time coming) with all kinds of other fairies. It’s a genius marketing ploy, I must admit. But these new fairies all have a very different look about them. They are significantly more woodsy, and while somewhat multi-cultural and certainly diverse in their interests (to represent young children’s various interests), none of them are as curvy as TINK. See for yourselves:





This is going to take some getting used to…