Sara Krulwich/The New York Times “Bad Cinderella” seems as if it could ... We can argue that “Evita” wasn’t good for the culture — and “Cats” not good for anything — but somehow ...

As Stephen Sondheim’s Cinderella put it in the song “I Wish” from the musical “Into The Woods,” “Mother said be good, / Father said be nice, / That was always their advice.

Disney has unveiled the first good look at its live-action update of “Cinderella” via a new trailer, and it has all the touchstones of the classic tale: There’s a beautiful heroine (Lily ...