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

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

Because, while I hate to say it, there has to be some balance between what's politically correct, and the setting.

Uh, really? What is "politically correct"? Sorry, I just hate that term. Why you can have strong white women in settings in the past, and not having a non-stereotyped POC character because is so anachronistic in fantasy setting.

As shewhohashope said, Europe/US aren't the only places they could have settled a fairy tale about a black girl in the past.

Like, I think you can have something about a black servant girl in, say, the 1930s

Done by white people who think black people can only star mainstream shows set in the past as servants? I hate to say it, but I'm kinda skeptic.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I hate "politically correct" the same way I hate "strong female character," but will grudgingly use both because it's the term people understand.

The reason you're skeptical is why I say I think it's possible, but that I don't think it's probable.