On the occasion of the opening of the academic year at Luiss, Paola Cortellesi was invited as an exceptional guest and welcomed the students with a speech about fairy tales. The director of There's Still Tomorrow, the film with which she achieved record grosses, highlighted the sexist stereotypes present in the stories told to boys and girls from generation to generation. The popular actress's speech was liked by some, but met with criticism from others. Mauro Corona was asked about this topic. As a guest, as he does every Tuesday, on È semper Cartabianca, the mountaineer tried to clarify his position on the issue and was sincere. “She said that Snow White was a maid for the seven dwarfs and that Cinderella needed a glass slipper to be recognized by a prince”: That’s how Bianca Berlinguer summed it up. “In your opinion, is it possible to accuse these fairy tales of sexism?” asked the moderator.
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“I find it ridiculous, if not pathetic, to bring out old fairy tales, old fables, which were valid in their time and are still valid today,” said the essayist. “These things are monuments that must be left there. Whoever writes today will write contemporary fairy tales that are about integration and different genres,” he continued. Then Corona’s advance: “It’s all about making news and creating hype. Everything that is said is captured and ridden by the media and newspapers. This is how Snow White came about. You can't wipe the slate clean of the things that have persisted since then.” “We have to redo everything from A to Z. Let's leave the old fairy tales alone. Anyone who wants to read them reads them. That seems rhetorical to me,” he concluded.