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]

Christmas, supposedly?

Here's an interesting article:
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/the-princess-and-the-frog-controversy-or-innocence.php

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

I only read the wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Frog), but it explains a little.

[neuclear.livejournal.com]

I think it's rather odd that no one was offended by the multitude of other ethnic princess, but because of where this princess is from people are getting up in arms--which is sad because a lot of my friends who are African American are happy with this movie, they're happy to finally have someone whom their little sisters can idealize now...

People just need to stop trying to find excuses to sue Disney--if they're so desperate for that, they should start with the lobotomy feeling I get from watching Hannah Montana...

[melonfusion.livejournal.com]

The issue I've heard the most about is that originally she wasn't even going to be a princess, but a maid. Along with the voodoo practicing villain.

Disney has yet to do a cartoon centered around a character of color that wasn't pretty sketchy in its racial implications.

[re-weird.livejournal.com]

I heard some complaints over her hair being in line with European beauty standards though I couldn't find a link to such right now.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

I know that it's been in the planning process for...two-so years.

[radiotrash.livejournal.com]

The most recent complaints I've heard that is while she's black her Prince isn't.

I tend to try to stay away from racial debates/wanks online so I don't know much more beyond that.

[shewhohashope.livejournal.com]

It's a big deal! I grew up with Disney films and pretty much every other thing I watched and read ignoring my existence. I'm not even going to watch it until I've heard that it won't be egregiously offensive.

[cavechan.livejournal.com]

DISNEY DOING 2D ANIMATION AGAIN.

I AM HAPPY.

Am I the only person who cares more about that than the characters themselves?

Though is she a princess?? I hope so because I love Disney princesses!!! ^----^

[advance.livejournal.com]

I didn't read all the comments so someone else probably said this before me, the only controversy I knew about, I know there's more but I stopped paying attention to this when people started to get all testy... well anyway, it was over the names..

They originally had more 'white names' supposedly, basically the names children would have had in the time period they were setting it in. People bitched about it not sounding 'African enough' or something and the names got changed to what they are now.

I was just happy to have it be 2-D I didn't care what ethnic it was, of course I never even knew about racism till I moved up North and got called names because all my friends were Black back in Florida.

[livvylove.livejournal.com]

With all the changes being made I am extremely happy and hopeful for this movie. They actually LISTENED to fans concerns and took the extra time to make the proper changes.

I know my friend is so happy she has Natural hair instead of unnatural straight hair. It shows little black girls they can be beautiful princesses and embrace their own hair without fighting it to fit the Euro standard of beauty.

When I first heard the story line I was a little skeptical but now I am 100% for this movie and am so happy that Disney didn't stick their heels in the mud and refuse to change.

I hope she becomes a regular in the Disney Princess line too.

Now we need a Latina so I can get some representation ;)

[themachinehead.livejournal.com]

Keith David in a musical? SOLD!