Jan23-cinderella fairytale

A few examples of modern day Cinderella fairytales came to my mind.  I have a couple of little sisters, who have watched the Disney movie called "A Cinderella Story".  It was exactly the same thing as the little kids' version of the fairy tale, but I thought that would be too easy an example.  A movie I saw a little while ago that I liked also came to my mind called "Cinderella Man"  which was about a boxer who defied the odds.  Once this came to mind, there were a lot of sports movies about various characters who were not doing well in life, then defied the odds and were successful in their sport.  There are also a lot of TV shows that have been on the past couple of years that follow the premise of Cinderella pretty closely.  The TV show that comes to my mind is The OC.  

It was about a poor high school student who lives in a bad neighborhood in California, and steals a car with his brother.  After getting arrested, his mom abandons him, but a rich lawyer who was assigned to defend him ends up adopting him.  That kid went from being homeless to living in Orange County in a poolhouse, and dating the hot girl.  I think that this is a modern, Californian version of the Cinderella, rags-to-riches story.  He was abandoned by his mom, just like Cinderella's mother died.  Instead of a prince coming along, a lawyer came along and adopted him.  So it wasn't a love story, but both were saved out of nowhere, kind of by the luck of the draw.  He then goes on to live as comfortable a life as someone can.  This show was the most popular show when I was in high school, so it was an example that I thought both worked well and everyone would know.