The Nameless Mother

I've only seen Tangled once so far, so I haven't had too in-depth a look at it yet, but there's one thing that stood out to me, in how it compares to past Disney/princess stories: the mother matters. But....she's actually a fake mother who's manipulating and exploiting her stolen daughter, and by nature of the story of Rapunzel she had to matter, so I doubt Disney was making a deliberate choice to finally have the mother fill the central parental role. Too bad, since their track record is unfailingly skewed toward father-daughter relationships.

( Let's have a look, shall we? )