You obviously missed my point. Let me say it again. I think that it is great that they are diversifying and it is my greatest hope, like you, that this will not turn into a race issue. That is all I am saying. I think Disney should be careful not to turn this into a race issue.
Where I disagree is that overly simplistic political correctness is not necessarily a great thing. When you over simplify complicated issues, you make things confusing, especially to a child. It is my hope that they will stick to entertainment and the traditional good verse evil message and not try to bring race into it.
The fact that they are adding an African American Princess is needed and exciting, but I think they need to be careful about the main conflict in this movie. If they try to make the movie into a political documentary, I think they will ruin their opportunity to diversify. Pocahontas, in my opinion went too far with the (Native Americans good, European Settlers Bad) theme. This is part of the reason that it was not that successful. I think many kids had a hard time with the conflict in this movie. Many Native American communities also did not like how it was done.
So, in short:
Diversity, Disney, Animated Features = Good
Heavy, Overly Simplistic, Political Message in a kids animated feature = not so good.
I understand your point perfectly, I just don't agree.
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Disney released a teaser trailer for "The Princess and the Frog" on July 30. You can see it here:
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I really like it. She's beautiful and clever.
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That was very cute, could be a very fun film, guess we will have to wait and see.
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I can't wait to see this! I remember discussion about this movie a while ago...so glad to see it will be out in 2009...anyone know when?
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The official release date is 25 December 2009 (USA). Of course these dates can always change, but so far that's the one.
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Quint at Ain't It Cool News had the opportunity to see some rough art and some animation from the upcoming "The Princess and the Frog." He saw it at a presentation given by a lead Disney animator at Wondercon.
It's mildly spoilery.
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I love the fact that Disney is doing the classic animation again!
I think it's going to be interesting to see how today's kids market responds to anything other than Pixar ... it's been a long time since we've had a classic animation film ... although kids watch the best of movies on DVD it's totally different seeing them on the big screen. I am looking forward to this film a lot!
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I am looking forward to this film and hope that there is a special premiere/sneak preview here (N.O.) like there was for Hunchback before it was released nationally. That was such a fun experience! There was a story about the movie in our newspaper a few days ago but no mention of a special showing here yet.
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I just realized that Disney has a new release date of December 12. Still no new trailer yet ... which is a bit worrisome. I hope this movie is good ... it's so strange to see the old animation style. I am really excited for this film!
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Originally Posted by Park Hopper
You obviously missed my point. Let me say it again. I think that it is great that they are diversifying and it is my greatest hope, like you, that this will not turn into a race issue. That is all I am saying. I think Disney should be careful not to turn this into a race issue.
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