Cruella de Vil Needs No Introduction, and Certainly No Explanation
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Cruella de Vil (Betty Lou Gerson) is not an especially complicated character.
The New York Times’ original review talked about how Cruella entered “like a blow torch,” while its review of the 1991 rerelease summarized her as “the wickedest of all Disney witches.”
None of the character’s lasting appeal has anything to do with her complexity or nuance. Her name is a combination of the words “cruel,” “devil,” and “evil.” She acts in a manner that might charitably be described as deranged. Her primary motivation is that she wants to skin 99 adorable Dalmatian puppies to make a fur coat. Given the death of a single puppy was enough to launch the entire
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Cruella was released this weekend, which means many people are looking back on the other iterations of the iconic Disney villain. Cruella de Vil made her on-screen debut in the animated 101 Dalmatians back in 1961 and was voiced by Betty Lou Gerson. The character was later played by Glenn Close in [.]