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

[melonfusion.livejournal.com]

I misspoke about her being a princess (or a daughter in a wealthy family, like I'd thought), according to the wikipedia article, she isn't. Regardless, I think it would have been problematic for Disney's first and only black heroine to be a maid whether it was set in the past or not.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Very true, and I suspect there's some subconscious waving around of white privilege going on here on my part.