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Refideas

General

 * 1) Thematic analysis
 * 2) Analysis of Mal
 * 3) About the franchise's success and stuff
 * 4) Mostly D3 music, but also other stuff

Descendants

 * 1) https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/descendants-disney-are-making-high-school-musical-but-with-its-best-known-characters-such-as-cruella-de-vil-and-jafar-10509894.html
 * 2) https://tvline.com/interviews/descendants-ending-mal-evil-sequel-dove-cameron-interview-630983/

Production

 * 1) https://variety.com/2015/scene/news/kristin-chenoweth-disney-channel-descendants-1201548822/
 * 2) https://variety.com/2015/artisans/production/descendants-choreographers-dance-disney-channel-1201550248/

Themes

 * 1) "Good and evil" themes academic article
 * 2) Brief mention of hero/villain themes

Release

 * 1) https://movieweb.com/disney-descendants-preview-first-6-minutes/
 * 2) Release
 * 3) https://variety.com/2015/scene/news/kristin-chenoweth-disney-channel-descendants-1201548822/
 * 4) Descendants gets attention cuz of the Angelina Jolie movie

Reception

 * 1) "It has already generated more than 1 million views on the Watch Disney Channel app in a record five days."
 * 2) Commercial reception
 * 3) L+7 ratings
 * 4) cable ranking
 * 5) https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/ratings-disney-channel-beats-nickelodeon-2015-1201669852/
 * 6) DVD sales

Other

 * 1) https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/disney-holiday-toys-star-wars-descendants-1201545213/

Descendants 2

 * 1) Themes, writing process, etc.

Production

 * 1) https://www.eonline.com/news/706806/descendants-2-is-happening-get-details-on-disney-channel-s-sequel
 * 2) https://variety.com/2017/scene/vpage/descendants-2-premiere-dove-cameron-disney-channel-1202493764/
 * 3) https://deadline.com/2016/06/descendants-2-disney-channel-china-anne-mcclain-1201770262/
 * 4) "We mined Disney’s treasure trove of stories and developed a new, comedic approach to the fabled characters everyone knows and loves,” said Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer at Disney Channels Worldwide. “The result is a modern and unexpected re-interpretation of classic heritage characters utilizing contemporary, relatable settings and themes."
 * 5) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/descendants-2-how-disney-channel-created-ambitious-movie-1022836/new-characters/

Themes

 * 1) Queer-coded Uma? and can add to that maybe?

Reception

 * 1) Ratings
 * 2) cable ranking

Production

 * 1) https://variety.com/2015/scene/news/kristin-chenoweth-disney-channel-descendants-1201548822/
 * 2) https://deadline.com/2018/04/descendants-3-sarah-jeffery-thomas-doherty-dylan-playfair-reprise-roles-1202372916/
 * 3) https://d23.com/descendants-3-director-kenny-ortega-talks-about-being-on-the-good-side-of-evil/

Themes

 * 1) Analysis of Hades?
 * 2) https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/gma/story/descendants-cast-extended-family-64722763

Reception

 * 1) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/descendants-3-scores-big-ratings-disney-channel-1230053/