August 2, 2008
Movie Trailer: The Princess and the Frog
I know its the established style of Disney animation, but thanks to the technical marvels kicked out by Pixar, this thing looks antiquated.
Based on the Russian fairytale The Frog Princess, this film changed the name of the story after complaints from African-American pressure groups (we can't have the title imply the African-American lead is a frog). The story centers on a girl in New Orleans during the 1920's "The Jazz Age". The film's lead used to be named Maddy and was a chambermaid until African-American pressure groups had her name changed to Princess Tiana. So, if you're black and your name is Maddy, you're going to have to change it, its just not acceptable. The race of the villain is also being reconsidered, again thanks to African-American pressure groups. The African-American pressure groups also led to Maddy's...er, Tiana's love interest Prince Harry (conceived as being a Cary Grant type) to be modified to be Prince Naveen (who is of Middle Eastern descent). They've also toned down the voodoo. Oh, and the African-American pressure groups were also apparently irritated that the film takes place in New Orleans. The city destroyed by Katrina is not acceptable to portray on film.
I'm sure this film will be delightful. Heaven knows stories written by a committee all turn out to be fantastic.
Based on the Russian fairytale The Frog Princess, this film changed the name of the story after complaints from African-American pressure groups (we can't have the title imply the African-American lead is a frog). The story centers on a girl in New Orleans during the 1920's "The Jazz Age". The film's lead used to be named Maddy and was a chambermaid until African-American pressure groups had her name changed to Princess Tiana. So, if you're black and your name is Maddy, you're going to have to change it, its just not acceptable. The race of the villain is also being reconsidered, again thanks to African-American pressure groups. The African-American pressure groups also led to Maddy's...er, Tiana's love interest Prince Harry (conceived as being a Cary Grant type) to be modified to be Prince Naveen (who is of Middle Eastern descent). They've also toned down the voodoo. Oh, and the African-American pressure groups were also apparently irritated that the film takes place in New Orleans. The city destroyed by Katrina is not acceptable to portray on film.
I'm sure this film will be delightful. Heaven knows stories written by a committee all turn out to be fantastic.
Screenwriter: Roger Clements (The Little Mermaid), Rob Edwards, Greg Erb (Rocket Man), Jason Oremland and John Musker (The Great Mouse Detective)
Director: Roger Clements (Aladdin) and John Musker (Treasure Planet)
Actors: John Goodman (The Big Lebowski), Keith David (Requiem for a Dream), and Jenifer Lewis (Meet the Browns)
Director: Roger Clements (Aladdin) and John Musker (Treasure Planet)
Actors: John Goodman (The Big Lebowski), Keith David (Requiem for a Dream), and Jenifer Lewis (Meet the Browns)
Labels: animated, film, John Goodman, Keith David, movie trailer
posted by Michelle Obama's Left Nut at 6:00 PM
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3 Comments:
Well done hand drawn animation will always still look good to me, despite Pixar. My kids still love watching all of the classics as well as the computer animation.
I'm going to assume that the original princess from the Russian fairytale was not black. Did African-American pressure groups strong-arm Disney into changing the race of the princess?
No, not to my knowledge. Although the lack of an African-American lead in a Disney film isn't something that has gone unnoticed over the years.
The animation is fine, its just a throw back. Its like black and white films. There's nothing wrong with shooting in black and white but it is an out of date style. Listen, I'll take the Disney style over anything Dreamworks has cooking. Their animation has to be the worst of all.
It's been a long time since I felt an urge to watch a Disney movie. They lost me at Pocahontas and never really made an effort to get me back.
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