Disney movie to feature black princess

re: Disney movie to feature black princess

Twintown — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:01:29 GMT

There are a plethora of beautiful African folk tales that would make wonderful movies for kids. Why not use one of those?

And yeah, chyna823, I HATE that toothless bug and I hate the accent - I expect this movie to be full of dropped g's and other irritants. A "N'awlins" accent is one thing, the stereotypical black one is quite another. Sigh.

re: Disney movie to feature black princess

Shannon LC Cate — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:01:21 GMT

They've been talking about this forever! Is it truly really coming out?

I have such complicated, mixed feelings about it. I won't take my kids to see it, but they haven't hit princess phases yet. If/when they do, I guess I'll be grateful it exists.

I just have to wonder how much real history gets fluffed over in 1920 New Orleans. Pocahontas was a travesty of historical lies. All the white princesses are just from fictional fairy tales, why not just make a fictional fairy tale princess be black instead of finding some historical location to completely miseducate everyone about?

I'm trying to give my daughters real people to admire. Not a fan of princesses any old way.

re: Disney movie to feature black princess

Dad — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:20:53 GMT

this trailer is kinda old, isn't it..?

re: Disney movie to feature black princess

Brett Singer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:54:06 GMT

@erni: If we're talking about Cars, how about the Mexican car, the Italian car, and so on. No panty-twisting, just asking a question.

re: Disney movie to feature black princess

erni — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:26:06 GMT

He's no worse then the hill billy tow-truck in Cars. Don't see you guys getting panty twisted about that.

re: Disney movie to feature black princess

chyna823 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:23:10 GMT

Sigh. Until the last 2 seconds, I thought Disney had a good thing going here--a black princess who's just as lovely as the other princesses (and who I'm sure my daughters will adore) and then they throw in that trashy hillbilly bug at the very end. So close, and yet...