The Princess and the Frog

[meganbmoore]

Ok, O Mighty F-List Who Knows All, the following is what I know about this upcoming Disney movie:

1.  It's an adaptation of The Frog Prince.
2.  It's Disney doing 2D animation
3.  It has a black heroine
4.  It's set in New Orleans, presumably at some point in the past.

Anyway, apparently there is some sort of huge controversy over it?  Can anyone fill me in?

Also, does anyone know when it's coming out?

Comments

[ladysaotome.livejournal.com]

Lol - he seriously is!! That grin! (let's hope he's not quite as stuck on himself...)

I do remember a lot of controversy over Pocohantas' twisting of history...

[estara.livejournal.com]

The problem with the Disney movie are even adressed in the text in our English schoolbook when we talk about the Pocahontas story as part of introducing the kids to the US and the Native American heritage (other things are Wounded Knee, Custer, Squanto and the Pilgrim Fathers). We're talking about a Bavarian schoolbook for 8th grader English here.