Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure: Plus Est En Vous (Music from the TV Series)

This show is a hot mess. It goes from mindless drivel to extremely depressing and even disturbing with little to no in between. Disney continues to demonize young boys with one of the cruelest and most disturbing plot twists I have ever seen. The original characters personalities are basically non-existent. Rapunzel went from being a strong, adventurous girl who always stood up for her friends, to an immature, weak-willed, irresponsible and self-centered bimbo. Eugene is just there. Her parents are idiots willing to put the whole kingdom in incredible danger just to save their daughter. I will say that I liked the music and animation. I liked the new characters Cass and Varian. I really think the show should have focused on those two and left Tangled out of it. There is something way more compelling about a young boy losing his father to a curse and having to rectify his mistakes over it, or even a girl who desperately wants to be a royal guard, but has to overcome all the sexism around the job to do it, that it was more interesting than what we got with this. I really hate this show and hope they can it soon. It’s gotten very toxic and I would be uncomfortable letting kids watch this, considering the show handles the subjects of grief, loss, death, abuse and bullying all with no sense of compassion or empathy. It’s a morality mind fuck. Stay away if you love the original Tangled. I wish I had.

I loved the Tangled movie and I looked forward the show expanding on it. The show exceeded my expectations. It had strong, developed characters, fun and cute episodes, and absolutely adorable interactions between Rapunzel and Eugene. They’re so healthy and are a joy to watch. The show is sort of episodic but builds as it goes. The animation is beautiful. While I enjoyed some episodes more than others, I loved something from each of them and I was always excited to watch more.