CMRC: Flippiing the Script

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Happily ever after! Well, not exactly! Flipping the script has become a popular media literacy technique, particularly when it comes to the ageless fairy tale princess living happily ever after with their prince. Recently, the princess narrative has been recast as one of mistress of her own destiny. The irreverent musical comedy "Disenchanted" has been playing off-Broadway for some time. In this comedy, the original storybook heroines come back to life to set the record straight with an empowering message for modern girls. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and others reflect on their lot in life; they sing about sexuality, body image issues and racism. The show is having a local run at the Chester Theater here in NJ and this week, Dr. Greenwood talks to Susan Hagen, who by night plays Rapunzel in Desenchanted and by day is the department administrator and program advisor in the department of secondary and special education in the College of Education here at Montclair State. Engineer/ producer: Ana Ortiz