There's been some buzz over the last few months about a new Disney Movie that will be done in the traditional Disney animated feature style. Of course, there will be a princess and just like Jasmine was the first Middle Eastern princess and Pocahontas was the first Native American
Princess, Tiana will be the first black princess. In a move that couldn't be more topical, Disney announced that they were making The Princess and the Frog in March of 2007, while Obama announced he was running for President in February of 2007. Disney is taking a hint from the American public and finally recognizing that if America is ready for a black president, they're ready for a black princess. Now the next big question is, are they ready for her to end up with a white prince?
Did you hear about this movie's unfortunate first title? It was originally set to be named "Frog Princess" until someone apparently was like, "Dude are you guys serious?"
ReplyDeleteYeah and I heard that she is a Frog for like 70% of the movie so she really isn't a "black princess" for most of it. I also heard that they went through a lot of testing for her skin color. Disney can try as hard as they want, but I honestly don't think I will ever not immediately assume racism (or sexism) on their part.
ReplyDelete