Although I can already hear the criticisms: Why is the first black princess associated with a frog (and turns into one herself)? Why is the prince a white guy and the evil villain a black dude? Any others?
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Disney's First African American Princess
Here's the trailer for "The Princess and the Frog" (at least it's no longer going by "The Frog Princess").
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This is going to be so cute!
Well, the villain is always dark . . . not sure why he has to be Black this time. And I'm a little annoyed that the princess turns into a frog . . . but Princess Fiona (Shrek) turns into an ogre. (((Shrugs Shoulders))) . . . at least they FINALLY decided to have a Black princess. Sheesh.
Like we didn't see that coming a mile away. Of course the villain is gonna be dark. I don't know if the prince is really "lily white" (no pun intended), but I think he's supposed to be Creole.
I just hope they don't make all the black characters look like Mushmouth from "Fat Albert." I always thought that was the reason why there were no (black) people in "The Lion King." America and other places overseas, have historically and currently, have difficulties in drawing black characters without making them look like buffoonish, bug-eyed, thick-lipped caricatures.
Perhaps we can also add to the fire the idea that African based spiritualities like Candomble, Lucumi, Macumba, and Yoruba turns people into frogs . . .
Huet saud:"I just hope they don't make all the black characters look like Mushmouth from "Fat Albert."
ROFL!!
It seems like the main thrust of the movie will be the princess as a frog.
I'm not excited about the black princess's debut in a screenplay that makes a seemingly huge departure from the original story-- I'm skeptical about Disney's ability to tell stories that haven't been 90% lifted from existent anime or fairy tales.
I'm also really not looking forward to another caricature of vodoun, as it is constantly misunderstood by dominant culture.
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