I'm back with the second installment of my two-part Disney Descendants series! And I have to admit that this is the review I've been looking forward to the most. All of the dolls that I'm going to talk about today are from the fourth live action Descendants movie, Rise of Red. This movie has all of the same sound overproduction issues as the first three, but it features Brandy Norwood as Cinderella and Paolo Montalban as Prince Charming. The casting is important to me because those are the same actors who played Cinderella and the Prince in the 1997 Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella--a film I have always adored.
Another reason that Brandy is special to me is that I was fortunate enough to see her on Broadway when she appeared for a brief stint as Roxie in Chicago. I think that was back in 2017, and we had front row seats. I might have already gushed about that experience here on the blog, but for good reason: it was unforgettable, and the closest I've ever gotten to meeting Cinderella in real life!
Knowing all of that, imagine my delight when I discovered that not only had Brandy reprised her role as Cinderella in Rise of Red, but Mattel had made a doll of that character! And the doll looks quite a bit like Brandy herself:
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| Rise of Red Cinderella by Mattel ($29.99). |
