Alice in Wonderland (2010)

*Spoiler Alert*

Tim Burton's 2010 live-action film based on Lewis Carroll's fantasy novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, has a 19-year-old Alice returning to Wonderland to liberate its inhabitants from the tyranny of the Queen of Hearts.  Upon achieving this goal, Alice leaves Wonderland to join Lord Ascot in his colonialist exploits in China.

Several reviews criticized the decision to turn Alice into a "colonialist entrepreneur" at the end of the film setting sail for China. Given Britain's role in the First and Second Opium Wars during the Victorian era and the foreign domination of China through "unequal treaties", China expert Kevin Slaten writes, "Not only is it troubling imagery, for a female role model in a Disney movie, but it's also a celebration of the exploitation that China suffered for a century." ¹

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot at the storming of the forts of Amoy (Xiamen), 26 August 1841.

I think it's horrific that Burton used this film as an opportunity to aggrandize the horrors of British colonialism.

15Feb2022:

Image 1: Alice in Wonderland Korean spin (artist unknown)
Image2: Daniel Wickham (Twitter: @DanielWickham93)
Image 3: Big-titty female also inspired by Wickham, Gantz: O (2016)

It's implied the character of Alice is actually based on Achaean^L2 femboy Daniel Wickham; the character of the Mad Hatter is based on Armieⁱ Hammer's personality-type.  Daniel Wickham has imperialist urges.  I always see him and his shitty fake-journalist friends quietly trying to test out if it's feasible to turn Iraq, Yemen, or some other country with vulnerable civilians into the next Palestine.

https://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1371538977761681413

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1. "Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) - Critical Reaction." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(2010_film)#Critical_reaction.  Accessed 27 Sep. 2017.