Disney has finally released the much anticipated trailer to The Princess and the Frog, the first Disney animation to star black characters. When I first found out about the project I was iffy on it. This is the same organization that made a movie putting the motherland on display, but instead decided to focus on animals and not its people. I know many loved The Lion King, but I was upset for ages.
Disney Animation may be able to appease me with this new film, but only if they do it right. I applaud them for using the backdrop of New Orleans and displaying jazz music and creole speak, but why does our first black princess need to turn into frog? Back in the day, blacks were often portrayed in the media as having animalistic qualities. Will this be any different?
Weekend Awards Wrap-Up: Opening Pandora's Box
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by Cláudio Alves
*The FFI's treatment of ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT will go down as THE awards
season fumble. *
The awards season continues to heat up, tho...
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I think the decision to star a black woman as our main character is long overdue but I am skeptical about this one too. Why turn into a frog? I think we need to see that Disney's age of the princess with a dream, killer looks and a perfect prince is over. This story looks uplifting and it will be good to see a screen full of black characters. The Lion King is an interesting perception but I think Hamlet needed to be presented by animals. We would not want to see this played out with humans. The story works for kids with animals only. As far as the setting, Africa was a natural choice as the overthrow of power and the devestating affects go with lions which live there..
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