The first African American princess finally it seems like
Disney is taking steps in the right direction, but are they really. Honestly
before writing this project I had never seen this movie, because it didn’t
appeal to me. In my defense I haven’t seen Brave or any other newer Disney
movies. I am glad however that I did watch this film, and was surprised to see
that it had racist aspects. In this film southern African Americans are
portrayed as the typical poor families that cook southern food such as gumbo.
When paying attention to the main male character they did not even make him a
truly black man.
Why is Disney afraid to have a black male in a situation of
power, and why is he so power hungry right from the beginning. Another
interesting thing about race in this film is to see that the main characters
are only in their colored human form for a minimal percent on the entire movie,
but spend most of the time as frogs.
In this film sexism doesn’t play such a major role as it
does in the past Disney films which is nice to see from a viewer’s point of
view. However is you look close enough you can see the underlying message of
women not being able to be royal and successful on their own. It is only once
she falls in love with a male that she becomes a true princess. So why are
Disney films continuing to teach are children they women cannot survive on
their own?
I believe it is because that is what they feel is normal, and what
has happened in the past. When thinking about the real world you can see that
there are no real famous female leaders except the Queen of England whose title
is basically for show. So when will women get the opportunity to stand on their
own two feet and accomplish things on their own?
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