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more about #racism IQpierce: Without even showing the hidden threads on this page, I can search and find 18 instances of the word "racist." Meanwhile, I can find exactly zero cas... more » Sunshineyness: I'll probably see it out of nostalgia and it looks cute. As for the racism cries? Well, I remember when The Lion King was called racist as was Alladdi... more » Paul_Is_Drunk: When this movie fails, and it will fail, it will be blamed on traditional animation, and not the lack of good writing or storytelling. I mean, comp... more » Bill-Lee: Doesn't she get transformed into a frog in order to see the world from a perspective other than a human point of view? What's wrong with that? And goo... more » Bill-Lee: It's set in New Orleans in the 1930s how racist! Wait, no it's not. The heroine's parents are hardworking and loving. Her mother is the best seamstre... more » twDarkflame: I still dont see anything special with Disney animation nor storytelling. In the past they might have been masters, but now they really are nothing sp... more » Cash907Censored: Let's see... Overweight white kid with down syndrome, race/class segregation, white devil slave master dressed in white. Yup, this'll go over big. more » vuffiraa: I watched this entirely without the benefit of dialogue (being deaf)... so my views are all based off the visuals. I wouldn't be surprised there are... more » br4nd0n: After watching this, it didn't seem too bad. Sounds like a Disney story. And to the people who have suggested that Disney doesn't make good stories, ... more » Liz Weinbloom: Well, nothing terribly objectionable in the first five minutes, so that's good. But either this isn't really the first five minutes, or someone for... more » HelloChieftain: You know, the complaints I've read about this movie seem a little forced; there's an air of "well, there's nothing terribly objectionable, but it's Di... more » I3ob the Lizard: As far as the movie goes, nothing out of the ordinary for Disney. However, I think the one that will be point of controversy for this one is racism. ... more » Jes St.Lawrence: I just think it's weird that an email app has a daughter. more » Rasselas: It's kind of disturbing to imagine the discussions that led Disney to choose the American South, with all that entails, over Southern Africa as the se... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: The best part is the part with the voodoo houngan. I think every children's animation should prominently feature a voodoo houngan. more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Why do I think this movie exists because Disney decided they weren't selling enough princess costumes to black girls? more » smallstakes: First of all, the princess-storylines are tired and need to be put down. Regardless of how strong their main character is, it always ends up as the d... more » strideo: I started watching it but then I realized I just didn't care. :( For some reason I have liked post 80's Disney animated films less and less over the ... more » MsFeasance: 2 comments: 1) Better southern accents in play here than on True Blood. 2) I got chills during the part of the drive from Charlotte's house to Tiana... more » AngryEddy: I really do miss the old school Disney hand-drawn animation too, and it's cool to see the unfinished work cut into the rest of the footage. But as fa... more » -
#princessfrog
First 5 Minutes Of The Princess And The Frog Is A Love/Hate Experience
As much as I love the hand-drawn beauty that is classic Disney story-telling, it's hard not to let certain Princess And The Frog plot points fog up the animation. But you be the judge: here are the first few minutes. More » -
#district9
Is District 9 Racist?
It may be an alien-disguised apartheid allegory according to some (Okay, many), but does that mean that District 9 isn't racist itself? And no, this is more than metaphor. More » -
#fantasypolitics
Enjoy "Racial Sensitivity" In Disney's Princess Frog Game About Hot Sauce And Borrowed Tiaras
Disney's Princess and The Frog has been getting a lot of flack for reportedly turning the first black Disney Princess green for a majority of the film. I'm not so sure this videogame tie-in is going to help their case. More »
