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

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

maybe it was cause I was just a kid but Mulan just...made me proud that I was part Chinese in some odd way. Course now I'm sure I can rewatch it and easily feel differently...

See, I don't really think a story has to be *perfect* in order for it to be a positive thing for kids (or even grownups.) Sometimes it's enough to just say "Hey look, that person's like me! And she exists! And is kickass! That rocks!" (and even though I'm white, I feel this way about other types of characters that *I* identify with in certain ways.)

But yeah, that doesn't mean Disney never makes mistakes, or couldn't do better.