{"id":5107,"date":"2011-05-05T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=5107"},"modified":"2011-05-05T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T08:00:11","slug":"fairy-tale-fest-twelve-postmodern-pop-princesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/05\/05\/fairy-tale-fest-twelve-postmodern-pop-princesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairy Tale Fest: Ten Postmodern Pop Fairytales For Your iPod, Part One!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the morning of the Royal Wedding, the street outside BadRep Towers was saturated<\/em> with grown women wearing plastic tiaras. Rob and I became vaguely concerned we might get turned into pumpkins or something, and decided to take refuge in the (weirdly, wonderfully empty) British Museum for the day to regain a sense of perspective. <\/p>\n

But it seems we’re all in the pink plastic grip of fantasy princesshood, so I’ve decided to give in for a moment and take a look at some fairytale-themed pop music – but with a little bit of smarts and sass thrown in. Songs that turn tropes upside down or inside out, or give the princesses unexpected vigourous voice. In this post-Shrek<\/strong> epoch we’re living in, it’s a pretty well-travelled road, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. <\/p>\n

The reliably-entertaining folks over at Comics Alliance <\/strong>are also having a Princess Moment<\/a>, which this post is intended as a sort of humorous companion to. It’s not really an Order of Preference so much as a Pile of Stuff, because I’m not in the mood today to be ranking things in a heirarchy. A Pile of Stuff is way better. <\/p>\n

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>This isn’t, of course, the be-all and end-all of anything – just a personal take – so I’d love to hear your own suggestions in the comments, with no rules on style! The only rules were 1) fairytale themed; and 2) attempting (if not always succeeding) to do something interesting. <\/p>\n

PART ONE OF MIRANDA’S PILE OF POP PRINCESSERY, FROM 10 to 6!<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. Janelle Monae: Sir Greendown<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n