"If you can dream it, you can do it."

[dannysgirlsg1]

So this article has made me get my rant on: Her Prince Has Come. Critics, too.


Dude, people need to back off Disney's case. I have never believed in this whole Disney/race debate thing... if there's anything Disney has done wrong recently, it's known as Hannah Montana. Why get on their case for getting back to what made them a household name in the first place (okay, maybe Disney himself made it a household name, but that's neither here nor there)?

As someone who grew up watching the CLASSIC Disney movies, I can tell you we knew what was going on. The line in Aladdin's opening song didn't make me think all Arabs are crazy bad and will cut someone to pieces if they don't like your face. I knew the song 'Savages' in Pocahontas was portraying a BAD example of how to behave to those different than you.

I was once watching a documentary on this Disney/race issue, and they made note of how all the hyenas in the Lion King were voiced by black/hispanic people so that made The Lion King racist also. Ummm, newflash - Mufasa was voiced by James Earl Jones. Kinda puts a damper on such claims of racism, doesn't it?

I commend Disney for doing what they do - they take classic stories and make them so kids can watch/enjoy them. Sure, a lot of the stories are changed for content b/c the originals are very dark/twisted (case in point: The Brothers Grimm's 'Cinderella' versus Disney's), but it makes them timeless and watchable for all ages. Then there's at least some kind of interest invested in them by the kids, and when they get older and get to high school/college they LEARN the differences and yet can still appreciate what they grew up watching.

I'm looking FORWARD to the Princess and the Frog. They are getting back to the hand drawn awesomeness, and it being placed in New Orleans means it has potential to have some AWESOME songs that can fit in with the likes of The Little Mermaid and Mulan. It's been missed, at least by me, for a LOOOONG time.

Oh, and people bitch about Disney not portraying things accurately, and then when they try and do something that's histortically accurate to the time this new movie is based in, they're called racists? Wowsers, people...

And now I'm done...if you have any thoughts on this matter, I'd definitely like to hear them. Whether you condemn disney for this new movie or congradulate them for it, doesn't matter. Nothing like a good healthy debate on the matter, right?

~Pip

Comments

[medlam.livejournal.com]

I think you're very right that it's all a lot of people wanting to complain about shit. I think that it's good what Disney are trying to do and they should just be allowed to get on with it. But then someone will always moan no matter what!

I think with things like racism that it's really not something that you learn from tv or movies or whatever. I reckon that it's more about what you see your parents and other people around you doing. The tiniest little slight in a Disney movie would probably be missed by most people (except for the obsessive moaners!) but the attitudes of your parents etc. stick with you.

I dunno. I just think it's all ridiculous.

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

It is all ridiculous. Can't we all just ENJOY some good Disney movies and all be HAPPY like they are supposed to make people feel?

And I agree about the parents thing...though that's not always true either b/c Ted isn't known for being the nicest person when it comes to other races, and I'm about as far from racist as you can get!

[scifi-tv-addict.livejournal.com]

Amen! Seriously, I am so sick of this crap. If you want to believe something's racist, you'll find plenty of things you could interpret that way. I just don't know why you'd want to. For years there's been cries of racism against Disney for never featuring an African American princess...now they have and are being attacked for not making it the 'right' way.

They can't win.

Don't even get me started on the people who bitch and moan about the prince not being black. Honestly, I feel like people who devote this much time to attacking Disney films don't deserve my attention.

As for whether I condemn or praise Disney, I say neither. They're making a film - and I'll offer my opinion once I've seen it. I do give them credit for entering the firestorm of controversy that they had to have known would happen when this concept was created.

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

They are looking for any excuse b/c it's something they've always done. I just don't understand WHY they have to do it with Disney movies? I mean, is it b/c they are out to make people feel good and happy and that just can't be allowed. We all have to be cold and bitter and cynical like the rest of the world??

Disney is known for making good FAMILY movies that kids love and enjoy into adulthood. I will forever be a Disney fan b/c of such beautiful films like The Lion King and The Little Mermaid. Can't they just leave it at that??


They get serious props for taking on such a monumentus task.

[caramel-monkey.livejournal.com]

This whole 'racist' thing is actually really annoying me.Some people can't just sit down and watch an AMAZING disney movie, they have to pick up the smallest, insignificant thing, and pick on it. Who CARES if the princess isn't black. If you want a black princess, then go find an African folk tale and make a cartoon out of it! The princesses were not written to be black. *sigh* So honestly, they should relaly just back off. I'm excited for this one too. Yay for Disney making another classic! Hannah Montana makes me shudder.

Oh! And I like your new header by the way.

[dannysgirlsg1.livejournal.com]

Nope because apparently Disney portrays minorities in a BAD LIGHT always so there MUST be something wrong with this movie before it even comes out! GAH!

*bounces* The old, awesome feeling of being able to see a Disney flick in theaters is coming back! I remember being all excited to see The Lion King and Pocahontas in theaters! The little girl in me is starting to come out!


Hannah Montana is HORRIBLE...Miley Cyrus is a spoiled brat and it's a shame she's who the girls want to be like now! *shudders*

And thanks! Rommie love all the way!