Tangled and Its Roots

"He's fearless" – "He's dangerous": Disney's Tangled announces with great fanfare in the opening scenes of its trailer.  We learn a lot about the Prince in just a few moments as he fearlessly takes on the challenges of physical dangers until . . . he chooses the wrong place to hide and meets his match in the long hair of a woman he addresses in the trailer as (I kid you not) Blondie.  The Adrien Brody/ Patrick Dempsey look-alike says a lot  (in the voice of Zachary Levi), but poor Rapunzel...