72 Years later.... Disney first Black Princess

Snow White was the first Disney princess to be featured on the big screen in 1937. Now, 72 years later Disney is introducing their latest princess - Tiana. She's the new "fairest of them all" and she's making history as Disney's first black princess. Your reaction? Your thought? Why did Disney after 72 years put a Black princess, why not back in the days?

Why did Disney after 72 years put a Black princess, why not back in the days?

aka_aj03

lol...you really have to ask?

About time.

[QUOTE="aka_aj03"]Why did Disney after 72 years put a Black princess, why not back in the days?

MrGeezer

lol...you really have to ask?

[QUOTE="aka_aj03"]Why did Disney after 72 years put a Black princess, why not back in the days?

MrGeezer

lol...you really have to ask?

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[QUOTE="aka_aj03"]Why did Disney after 72 years put a Black princess, why not back in the days?

EMOEVOLUTION

lol...you really have to ask?

Let's hope the movie's good or people will still cry "racist."

Though I read that she's not actually a princess in the movie.

72 years is a long time. but hey, you gotta start sometime

Might have something to do with the USA being made up of a majority of "white" ethnicities

just a shot in the dark of course.

I could care less.Unassigned

I could care less.Unassigned

Snow White was the first Disney princess to be featured on the big screen in 1937. Now, 72 years later Disney is introducing their latest princess - Tiana. She's the new "fairest of them all" and she's making history as Disney's first black princess. Your reaction? Your thought? Why did Disney after 72 years put a Black princess, why not back in the days?

aka_aj03

Is it really that big of a deal? Disney makes a show with a Black princess?

I thought jasmine was close enough

its about time. Progress like this will make the future more comfortable. But many here will say it isnt a big deal. Like Obama becoming president. Tjeremiah1988

This might be a big deal if Disney was setting some kind of bar here. If this was some kind of milestone for racial tolerance, then it might be a big deal.

But Disney's arriving to the party sort of late. It's not like it's still a novel idea to portray blacks in a positive light.

Granted, I'm not saying that it's not GOOD for the Disney company to be a little bit more racially sensitive (at least with their animated division...I know that they own lots of different properties, some of which may or may not have been more progressive). I'm just saying that...yeah. In this day and age, it's not a big deal.

Hey, it might be a really great movie, and may be one of the genuine Disney cla$$ics. It's also nice to see another animated movie in the traditional "cartoon style", since I think that we don't see enough of that these days (what with CGI animation taking the forefront).

But as far as a milestone in racial understanding? Disney is WAY too late for that. At this point in time, it is JUST "an animated Disney movie with a black princess." That's it. Nothing more.

So in 2079 they are going to make Aisha first Arab princes in Disney Animation it's not all about money ,if it was they would make princess Chinese or Indian and double their profits.pecanin

So I wonder when they're have a black princess with darker black skin.

I thought jasmine was close enough

kemar7856

[QUOTE="Unassigned"]I could care less.Pirate700

She looks half-black... and I hear she spends most of her time in the movie as a frog. Doesn't seem like "progress" to me.

The movie looks awful. Yes, yes, classic Disney animation, blah blah blah, but if you saw clips of it, then you'd know it's going to be complete crap.

QWERTYCommander

Well, early view reviews are giving it a pretty good score so far: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1196003-princess_and_the_frog/

[QUOTE="Unassigned"]I could care less.Pirate700

And before that, we had a "Native American" princess, a middle eastern princess, and a princess who was a half-human/half-fish abomination of nature.

When "The Little Mermaid" was released, I don't really recall many people criticizing Disney for catering to the Fish People demographic.

It's not a big deal. Right now, the choice to make the princess black doesn't mean any more or less than choosing to cast Will Smith in a summer blockbuster action movie.

She looks half-black...

foxhound_fox

Like this maybe:

It was only a matter of time. Disney has had non-white main characters for years now. Lilo,mulan, etc...

What is Jasmine counted as?

I know some of you have trouble grasping this concept, but Disney is a business that wants to make a lot of money like any other business. Having a black princess in a time when racism was far more prevalent would have been a waste of resources as such a move would have bombed at the box office. On a side note, I believe the singer Brandy played a princess in some made-for-tv Disney movie about a decade ago (not animated, but still).UT_Wrestler

If I recall, the old black dude from "Song of the South" wasn't even allowed to attend the premiere of THAT SAME MOVIE.

So yeah. You're absolutely right. In a time in which a black actor can be denied from SEEING THE MOVIE THAT HE STARRED IN because he's black, it's a bad business decision to make movies starring blacks. You are ABSOLUTELY right on that point.

However, as I also said, black actors have been making a LOT of money for studios for quite a while. There's nothing WRONG with casting a black hero/heroine/whatever. It's just that people have been doing that for SOOOOO long that it really ISN'T a big deal now that Disney does it.

I don't feel it's a big deal. They didn't do it back in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's etc for obvious reasons. Why they didn't do it in the 90's, I'd just guess because white (excluding jasmine) princesses fit better. To be fair, Disney really hasn't had a princess in awhile. What was the last one? Belle?

Oh and I feel song of the south should be brought into America. I've seen it and cannot grasp what is offensive about it.

I don't feel it's a big deal. They didn't do it back in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's etc for obvious reasons. Why they didn't do it in the 90's, I'd just guess because white (excluding jasmine) princesses fit better. To be fair, Disney really hasn't had a princess in awhile. What was the last one? Belle?

Oh and I feel song of the south should be brought into America. I've seen it and cannot grasp what is offensive about it.

Pixel-Pirate

It was only a matter of time. Disney has had non-white main characters for years now. Lilo,mulan, etc...

fiscope

What is Jasmine counted as?

No_Hablo_Ingles

Might have something to do with the USA being made up of a majority of "white" ethnicities

just a shot in the dark of course .htekemerald

Nice pun.

[QUOTE="Pixel-Pirate"]

I don't feel it's a big deal. They didn't do it back in the 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's etc for obvious reasons. Why they didn't do it in the 90's, I'd just guess because white (excluding jasmine) princesses fit better. To be fair, Disney really hasn't had a princess in awhile. What was the last one? Belle?

Oh and I feel song of the south should be brought into America. I've seen it and cannot grasp what is offensive about it.

Pirate700

Mulan wasn't a princess; she was just an ambiguously bisexual genius who fooled the entire Chinese army. Pocahontas was the daughter of the chief, so she was *kinda* a princess.

I don't see how this should matter.

Of course the black girl turns into a frog!Agent-Zero