Goldberg, who played the queen, displayed her majestic comic timing. And that, to me, was revolutionary.Īnd what a cast it was. It wasn't explained it wasn't treated as unusual or even remarkable.
In what world do a Whoopi Goldberg and a Victor Garber produce a Filipino son (played by Paolo Montalban)? What genome are they using in this fairytale land? But as with the design, the cast simply was. One conversation focused on the fact that people of different races coexisted without comment. This is more than just aesthetically important it undergirds the basic philosophy of the film.Īfter Cinderella came out, we talked about it at school. Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick gave its inhabitants clothes that ranged from nineteenth-century peasant chic to '40s-esque brocade gowns with exploding collars, bustles, and ruffles.ĭespite its variety of styles, the production design is beautifully cohesive. Take the physical world of the film: Production designer Randy Ser set it in a old-timey village, the kind that Beauty and the Beast's Belle would be at home sauntering through. And, wonderfully, Cinderella never seemed to have to choose a side. On television, although The Cosby Show, Family Matters, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air had left the air earlier in the decade, the new network UPN and the WB were taking chances on talent like Steve Harvey, Tia and Tamera Mowry, and Cinderella star Brandy.ĭisney's musical remake stepped into this moment of possibility, with one glass slipper solidly grounded in the familiar musical-theater world and one poised to land somewhere wholly new. Set It Offand The Birdcagetold little-seen stories a year later, focusing on black women and gay men respectively, while Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliettold a classic story in a new, aggressively modern way.
Waiting to Exhaleand Toy Storyhad been convention-busting hits in 1995. Cinderellaarrived when the idea of the mainstream was being reshaped and expanded in pop culture.
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