For the first black Disney princess:
The Walt Disney Co. has started production on an animated musical fairy tale called “The Frog Princess,” which will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio’s first black princess…
John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Disney and the Disney-owned unit Pixar Animation Studios, said the movie would return to the classic hand-drawn animation process, instead of using computer animation that has become the industry standard. He called the film “an American fairy tale.”
“The film’s New Orleans setting and strong princess character give the film lots of excitement and texture,” Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook said.
I’m not a huge fan of the Disney Princess Enterprise, but even I can admit that a Disney movie set in New Orleans is pretty cool (imagine the potential for musical sequences).
Still, I haven’t enjoyed a Disney princess movie since Ariel of The Little Mermaid, and that was only because Ursula is a genuis villain. “Poor, Unfortunate Souls”? Genius! If I were a drag queen that would be my signature song.
The Little Mermaid is so ripe for queer theory, so ripe that I expect a 500 word essay in the comments if you bother to comment at all.
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