#rags (2012)

[lands-of-fantasy]

Cinderella

Ilene Woods voiced the character in Disney's Cinderella (1950). Jennifer Hale was cast in the role for the 2002 and 2007 sequels. Tami Tappan was the singing voice in movie 3.

Ella Enchanted book has more references to Cinderella’s tale than its movie counterpart

Jessy Schram was a guest star in Once Upon a Time, appearing as Cinderella/Ashley in episodes 1x04, 1x12, 4x07 and 6x03. Dania Ramirez’s Cinderella/Jacinda was a main character in Season 7

Keke Palmer played Kadee Worth (a.k.a. the "prince") in the genderswapped retelling seen in Rags (2012). In 2014 she took the role of Cinderella herself on broadway

My Happy Marriage animation has a few more references to Cinderella’s tale than the live-action movie

Brandy Norwood played two iterations of the character: one in the 1997 version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and later in a small role in 2024 film Descendants: The Rise of Red. Paolo Montalban played her prince in both films!

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[sonderpoison]

KEKE PALMER as Kadee Worth Rags (2012), dir. Bille Woodruff

[hayleysstark]

sister piece to this

[barbiesdisneypixar]

The best Cinderellas?

The best Prince Charming?

Coincidence? I THINK THE FUCK NOT

[cinder-rankings]

Cinder Rankings - Rags (2012)

Originality- 3/5 modern day genderbent Cinderella set in New York City. Just like Sneakerella, although this one is all about the music industry. Charlie, our protag, is an aspiring singer, and his love interest Katee is a popstar. They also do that plot of "musician wants to do their own songs but is forced to sing/play other stuff", which I've seen a million times before. This is definitely the only Cinderella story I've seen where the prince asks Cinderella to help him find her, though.

Enjoyability- 3/5 There's nothing wrong with this movie, but it didn't really capture me like some of the others on this list. It's not amazing, but it's not bad enough to make fun of. It's just a matter of personal taste, I guess. Or the fact that my meds were wearing off. It's very weird seeing Drake Bell play the Fairy Godmother, though.

Soundtrack- 3/5 it's good, but none of the songs really stuck out to me

Romance- 4/5 Charlie and Katee are cute. They don't start out as love interests, she actually has a boyfriend when they meet, but I'm a sucker for friends to lovers. I also love the very specific trope of "rescuing you from your shitty partner". There's also a weird little subplot about Katee's dad's assistant being in love with him, but they don't matter and side romances don't factor into my rankings.

Morals- 3/5 "follow your dreams and be yourself" is a very generic message, but this is a Nickelodeon original movie, so I didn't expect much

Total- 16/25

[tinstol-archive]

I saw Max open for big time rush last night and he performed songs from Rags and I was SCREAMING

[tonymarias]

princesses don’t marry kitchen boys

line without a hook by ricky montgomery / pirates of the caribbean (2003) / the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald / aladdin (1992) / rags (2012) / cloud 9 by beach bunny / titanic (1997) / the notebook (2004)

[justaniche]

10 minutes until 2021 aka the year when the store keeper projected Charlie from Rags would’ve been able to rebuy his mom’s piano