Isla Fisher finds lot of fairytales offensive

The film starring Fisher tries giving a spin to several fairytale cliches.

Isla Fisher finds a lot of fairytales offensive as they push gender stereotypes or show women as damsels in distress. Fisher says she tweaks such stories while reading out to her children.
“I think a lot of the fairytale stories are a little bit offensive,” Fisher said while opening up about what sort of fairytales she reads to her children.

“It is sort of they are pushing a certain type of male, you know, being rescued by a prince or, a woman without a mother, an abandoned woman, or woman as a witch as a stepmother,” added the mother of three.

Fisher continued: “So, a lot of these stereotypes are kind of not really what as a parent, they don’t necessarily match my ideals. So, I’ve always sort of reform them and, you know, restructure them and I’ve always, you know, exchanged words like beautiful for good or smart or I think that’s what all modern moms do because we don’t want to intentionally. We are just trying to subvert the stereotypes that are there because they’re so old.”

“For young girls watching, you know, happy ever after doesn’t necessarily include a castle, a prince, and a dress. It can be blessings you have in your life — your family or work,” she said.

Fisher tries pushing her viewpoint in the upcoming fantasy comedy “Godmothered”. The film starring Fisher tries giving a spin to several fairytale cliches. In the film, she is seen as a single mother whose life takes an unexpected turn with the entry of a young and fairly inexperienced fairy godmother played by Jillian Bell.

“Godmothered” also stars Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Jane Curtin, June Squibb, Jillian Shea Spaeder, Willa Skye, Artemis Pebdani, and Utkarsh Ambudkar. The film released on Disney+ Hotstar Premium on Friday.