(continue) as a race,as peoplee,and as a community.my words of wisdom if your a proud of this movie and love your neigbor as a brother then God bless u. If u ignorant and rasicist den suck salt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
first of all i gald u made this vid.as soon as black people are finally being presented as people with lives and stories and hopes and dreams.Dem haterz wanna come out.we aint complain about bush did we barrack came in 2 office and all the rasism starts.why cant peolpe just forget there differnces and live 2 gether the way god intend. Why when ever the truth comes out people want 2 just walk away from it all. i read the help and as a young black woman its important 2 me 2 know were we came from.
i don't care if people are black, white, ect!, like am colour blind and i was saying to my teacher (which am friends with) i don't even know what colour you are? then all people went, "ohhhhh, take him out of class sir, that well racist" if i was black no one would have said anything. like i don't care about colour if you're a nice person i will like you
No matter what people do if it has a colored person in it, somehow its gonna be racists to someone. never mind there is white and Asian and whatever doing the same things. Then again, If they don't have a black person in it.. its. once again. Racist. there is no win really. sad truth there is always gonna be someone so obsessed with racist things they will see it in anything. hell people don't even know what being racist is anymore. They just hate
Im black and young, while I listen to Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane lol, but I agree a 100%. If a race is mad about how they are protrayed then they should make a movie. hmm I dnt see them doin it. Real racism is like Jena 6. Now
I have to say that I disagree... I am black and I saw no racism in the princess and the frog...however... aladin and other disney movies did show stereotypes of races...it is very clear... and if the people who the characters in these movie are depicting feel as though the characters are racist than they are...hello...they would know smh
The only things that were so hurtful about this movie is that we FINALLY get a black princess, something every little black girl should be able to see. However, she was a frog throughout most of movie....she can't have a black prince? Why? And we have to be involved with voodoo etc REALLY :-/. I think it was really sad actually. When they can create a cartoon that shows a black princess and always us to stay black vs green for an hour 1/2 I would be much more appreciative.
I also like the name Tiana more than Mattie/Maddie because of the more enchanted sound of the name. It fits the Disney line of film better. The movie was done well and I think the creators did a good job going along with tradition as well as being sensitive to viewers who gave them valid critique prior to releasing things that may have been degrading to many.
I agree with people sometimes going too far with racist accusations, BUT I am very happy that they did not make Tiana a chambermaid. That would have been too far with "representing" what you may think is reality that children need to be exposed to at young ages.
its racist cuz theres no white people in it. I have no problem with black people, however they pretty much excluded white people altogether? i have a problem with that!
Ok first Tiana wasn't a princess she was a waitress and later a shop owner never a princess. Disney has been Racist throughout it's history. Every other princess in the history of Disney was at one point in the movie an actual princess, everyone except Tiana. The message that the kids get is that Tiana wasn't a Princess
@ynot217 Actually, Tiana was a princess. She married Prince Naveen, and so became a princess (which, by the way, was the same way Cinderella and Belle became princesses). As for your other point, Mulan is often considered a "Disney Princess", despite the fact that she never officially becomes an actual princess in the film.
@isabellagranger Ok point well taken. However you have to admit that she's the least impressive out of the Disney Princesses. Naveen is broke and Tianna at the end of the movie is a resturaunt owner with a Prince Waiter.
@ynot217 But which is the better message to send to little girls - that you can't be happy unless you have a rich prince and an opulent castle, or that what matters is that you're with the one you love? Frankly, as much as I loved Disney when I was younger, I think the earlier movies just set you up to be disappointed.
What about Rapunzel, the new Disney Princess in "Tangled"? She is a white princess with a white partner, despite his thievery. Why couldn't she marry a black man (although a black thief may have caused controversy on top of other things)? Why couldn't Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Snow White, Belle (although I'm not sure of the reaction people may have had if the beast turned out to be a black man), and Tiana (even though her prince was a frog)? I can't wait to see a black prince but will I see 1?
I can agree w/ many things said but what still bothers me is the fact that she married a non-black man. The only other black princess (human characters; I won't get started on lion King) I recall is Brandy in the non-animated version of Cinderella. She marries an Asian prince (w/ a black mother & white father). Really? Interracial marriages or mixing the races in these movies aren't wrong. Im not claiming racism. But why has every other princess married a prince of their own ethnic background?
princess and the frog is just supposed to be another princess movie but this one has charecters that arent just white and European. Its an open movie 4 all.
STFU U PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS UPSET ABOUT THERE BEING COLORED CHARECTERS.
calling everything racist is racist. Any time ethnic cultural or even style attributes are given to a character, its "promoting stereotypes" anything the characters demeanor is stale and bland, someones being "left out" Its a lose lose situation for everyone involved except the ones who want to keep the issue fresh and argumentative
@AndrewKH85 well some stuff is actually racist...if I saw a cartoon (like the old ones) where it was a black cartoon character with big lips, nappy hair, eating watermelon...that would be racist...and I'm black
OMG THANK YOU! PEOPLE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TRYING NOT TO SEEM RACIST, THAT IT ENDS UP COMING OUT AS RACIST IN ITSELF! PRINCESS AND THE FROG IS NOT MEANT FOR BLACK LITTLE GIRLS, ITS MEANT FOR EVERY LITTLE KID OUT THERE! MY BF'S LIL SISTER IS NOT BLACK AND SHE WATCHES IT EVERYDAY! LIKE YOU SAID, CALM THE HELL DOWN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I know is, racist or not, my niece loves this movie! She walks around the house singing "I'm almost there!" lol it's so funny! She went from idolizing Cinderella & Ariel to claiming Princess Tiana as her favorite Disney princess. & no she isn't black, it just goes to show how children are so unbiased.
I think some of the Tittle was great but that is it. Every thing is okay, at this time that is how it was. I would wether see the truth in a movie but not just lies. The movie was great. Back then voo doo was big and her job was common. I think people need to stop because even with the situation they portrayed her great. I would want to see a hard working black woman make than a snotty person be a princess. This guy is 100% correct.
This movie is great and reminds me of Disney's golden age, I really enjoyed it. It's full of magic and beauty, and I really like the way they depict Tia. I like disney girls to have a strong character and to know what they want in life, and Tia's just the type!
As for Naveen, I know the name sounds middle-eastern, but though the language he speaks has been made up, he sounds kinda italian...
im white and proud of it but i am very happy that a black female is portrayed as the princess, the racists exagerations only lean towards people being skeptical of other cultures.
Haha, "a racist term in itself," I’ve been told that, I don't "Act black." ? So they're saying that because I am a sophisticated, educated african-american, I'm racist against my own. I know my culture and history, I made a point to know. The only people I see act like Skids and Mudflap, at least where I'm from, are white. The Princess and the Frog changes were exaggerations. Although, I must say I was slightly offended by the New Orleans setting and the “jive-talking” alligator. But thats all.
The only things that disturbed me were the inaccurate portrayal of the Voodoo religion and the fact that the prince wasn't Black. Yes, you just said it shouldn't matter, blabla , but EVERY SINGLE princess has had a prince of the same race (besides Pocahontas, but that was actually needed for the story line), so why suddenly go "multiculturalism FTW!" for the first Black princess? Why can't Black boys have someone to look up to who looks like them? It just doesn't make any sense.
@coccinelsucrer I think the reason Disney made the prince Middle Eastern and not black was because they wanted to break away from each princess having a prince of the same race, for that in itself could be construed as racism.
@emsybop But couldn't they have given a non-White prince to a non-Black princess then? I don't see how it's racist to want every race represented in every gender. This way, it would have been the first Black princess AND prince. I just find it puzzling that they didn't even think about that even though they perfectly knew that, Tiana being the first Black princess, people would inevitably put this movie under an "anti-racism" microscope and react to every single thing they find inappropriate.
Omfg I know, everything is racist apparently...I get so pissed of hearing it every 2 minutes maybe if you used that little pink thing in your head you'd be able to tell what IS racist and what ISN'T like this movie, it's not fucking racist if it were, there would be horrible shit in this film, I didn't see anything horrible about it, all I saw was a good movie, but that's because I was focusing about the story not what the color of anyone's skin was...holy fuck get over yourselves.
Thank you!! For the love God and all that is holy, thank you!! God, I've been growing up with this crap for years, where every little thing that someone of any color does is racist of some kind! This is the same company that gave you a talking elephant character! It's fantasy! GET OVER YOURSELVES! Because, every person on this planet has laughed at one stereotypical thing or another, and that is the damn truth.
I completely AGREE! I cringe at the loss of MADDY losing her original plan. You see, it's the epically perfect story for a Disney princess. Snow White started in RAGS, enslaved by her step-mom. Cinderella was a slave in rags as well. Shouldn't a BLACK girl under the "enslavement" of the present human ignorance be the perfect plan for a typical DISNEY PRINCESS?! Oh no! She's black! She needs to be treated "SPECIAL!" And that's the only way she'll be "equal"?? WTF?! No consistency indeed!
I've never heard anything so intelligence dude your right bout everything I've said this to friends and teachers but like u said they like to pick at every little thing possible to scavenge for something to be wrong with it
yes racism in any form is WRONG..but let's be real here..we can't ignore the fact that the media Disney especially perpetuates negative stereotypes about all pple of color not just blacks. Just look at earlier disney movies..it's down right blatant. Although the media is not as bold about portraying these images today it still exists on a more suttle note. To just claim over sensitivity about everything is to almost say you have began to internalize these images and see nothing wrong with them.
Thank you for posting this. I'm glad to know that someone out there shares my opinion on this subject. The Princess and the Frog (which I believe is so named because it has almost nothing to do with the original story of the Frog Prince and therefore can't be named The Frog Princess) was a decent Disney movie and a good attempt to get back to classic 2D animation. It wasn't racist. The worst part of the film was that Alan Menken wasn't involved with the music.
Thank you for posting this. I'm glad to know that someone out there shares my opinion on this subject. The Princess and the Frog (which I believe is so named because it has almost nothing to do with the original story of the Frog Prince and therefore can't be named The Frog Princess) was a decent Disney movie and a good attempt to get back to classic 2D animation. It wasn't racist. The worst part of the film was that Alan Menken wasn't involved with the music.
Thank you for posting this. I'm glad to know that someone out there shares my opinion on this subject. The Princess and the Frog (which I believe is so named because it has almost nothing to do with the original story of the Frog Prince and therefore can't be named The Frog Princess) was a decent Disney movie and a good attempt to get back to classic 2D animation. It wasn't racist. The worst part of the film was that Alan Menken wasn't involved with the music.
whoever said the story being set in new orleans is bad has obviously never lived there and probably never went there. new orleans is a beautiful place, with it's own rich culture created from a mix of multiple cultures and voodoo is a part of its culture and whats so bad about alligators? alligators live in new orleans...and as for the complaint about the prince's race, i'm still waitin for a disney movie with an interracial couple. in nyc they're pretty much the norm.
A movie where in these robots subscribe to many many many black steriotypes, I know i'm looking at something racist. Btw, sorry for all these posts. My iPad isn't the easiest thing to write on
And also who the heck doesn't know what acting black means. Part of not being rasist is to avoid stereo types. I'm not being rasist if I know a stereotype like black people are stupid. Everyone knows that stereotype. It's when I see a movievwhere i
What? is that why they changed it? So silly. Wow. All Disney Movies are racist...you have to see the effect on kids. It is what they take things from more so we DO have to be careful. Disney did state they were making this for the racial purposes. Still it wasnt that great anyway.
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You say all then then say you're still looking for a Puerto Rican princess... so if it's not about race then why are you still searching for something that hasn't happened? Things that make you go hmm...
Yes Jennifer Daniels, this isn't a story for black children, this is a story for everybody and it's never too late to write a positive story for children, so please, Jennifer and BET, just shut the hell up!
Well. The first thing right off the bat is that the protagonist wasn't even really a princess! If Disney wanted to make a movie about a black princess why can't they make one based on African folktales featuring REAL (fictional or not) black female royals? And yes Disney's racism is betrayed by the "Maddy" original maid character etc.
Neither was Cinderella or Belle. What's your point?
And why didn't they base ALL of their princesses on real ones? Were Cinderella and Aurora and Snow White signs of white racism, or does that only apply to people of color? And you do know that there are people named Madeline, do you not?
@SmashBroDx Your reply is a silly strawman. It doesn't matter if the princesses were historically real or not. Cinderella wasn't a princess but she was a noblewoman as for Belle, the point is she and all other fairytale princesses are told from actual folktales of Europeans. When was the last time you even heard of a folktale or story that did not come from Europe, let alone is seen on the big screen. Answer: NEVER. And you know darn well the reason why.
But it does matter, because you're talking about wanting REAL royales when neither of the princesses were such. It doesn't matter where they came from; none of the ones you mentioned were really princesses.
I have my suspiscions as to why most of these movies where based of European folk tales, the most obvious one being that they are what the majority of people know here but I MIGHT be wrong on that. What are some well-known folk tales that can be traced back to Africa?
On this website this lady said that she will not let her children see the moive and why her hair has a perm. HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAS A PERM AND ITS A FREAKIN CARTOON?!
simply because a group of people call out a stereotype does not mean that they had the inadvertent intention for racial profiling or "being racist". it's more a racial/characteristic identification mechanism for people calling out what they see.
besides that, people need to calm down i agree, but that's something we all can dream about. the fact of the matter is that people are the way they are, and will continue to nit pick what they will. might as well join the hullabaloo, cuz we in it too.
I totally agree with you. It seems that a lot of people call out little things that don't really matter as racist.
Although I do prefer Tiana to Maddy, and "The Princess and the Frog" to "The Frog Princess," and I like Tiana being a waitress trying to fulfill her dream of owning a restaurant.
I never understood the big deal with the Prince from 'The Princess And The Frog' not being black. I personally always assumed after seeing the film that he was Mediterranean or European and from the perspective of Disney, who has been nagged half to death for years about having only 'white' Princesses and Princes including two character of two different ethnicities is like killing two birds with one stone.
I thought Naveen looked Mediterranean. Almost Klinger-esque (but without the giant nose). And Tiana is a maid. It's her night shift job, while the waitressing job is her day job.
Actually, I thought Disney handled the racism of 1920s New Orleans pretty well. Tiana faced discrimination, but in a subtle form that was more frustrating. I think she would have rather had the Fener Bros. tell her honestly that they wouldn't sell the building to her because she's black. It helped emphasize the
challenges Tiana faced in getting her restaurant. The fact of the matter is that racism existed in New Orleans in the 20s, and still does today. Not everyone can be as focused as Lottie is on getting her fairy tale that she forgets her best friend is black. I think it would have been a historical mistake for Disney to ignore the racism, but I also agree with them that it need not be a focal point in the movie. They struck a nice balance, imo. Highlights the faith+work message of the movie.
Agreed to every word you said, I hate political correctness these days because people over use it and abuse it to the point, where I consider it has become offensive itself.
@hyuugafan88j4 you ACT black based on the actions of how most "black" people ACT. stereotypes. it would be quite blundering to say, "you act like a stereotypical black person," so we simplify: "you ACT BLACK@!!"
There's nothing controversial about Princess and the Frog. I mean come on...I'm black and I know people always try to find something to fuss about. No beauty? The movie was amazing! And the time set was appropriate and perfect. But I do like the fact of a African-American Disney princess. :) You got a point FuryofthefilmFan!
I'm totally with you on the complains. But i have to point something out that really bugs me. Why do people call racism towards white people reverse racism? The term reverse implies wrong direction. I thought racism was racism. How can racism be reversed. Its either happening or not regardless of the ethnicity of the people being subjected to it. It seems pretty weird to give it a different name when it is happening to white people. What next, reverse discrimination? Reverse prejudice?
@YungNessTV.......THIS GUY DO NOT MAKE A GREAT POINT AT ALL; HE DO NOT HAVE GOOD ANALYTICAL.
When did you see a white princess with black prince, from all the princess movies? Never ! This is a propaganda for young black women to run to white young men. This is a great method to brainwash a little black girls; this is a hidden message for interracial dating. His false logic and magical words do not fly with me.
Yess sir.. and i cant wait for when disney have the 1st puerto rican princess who's name is Rosita Hernandez who's a house maid and falls in love with this African Prince from Kenya i know u mr FuryoftheFilmFan can't wait to cop the dvd n blue ray 4 that as well :D
Thank you!!!! Finally someone understands that people are WAY too sensitive! I totally agree and then some!! thank you for telling everyone the TRUTH!!
About your "White Chicks" example, that movie was a comedy and stereotyping is okay then,, you shouldnt watch comedy if you are overly sensitive and cant laugh a little. Now, on the other hand, this movie is a childrens movie. A disney movie! You cant use stereotypes in these types of movies because children believe everything they see on cartoons...it affects them a lot
About your "White Chicks" example, that movie was a comedy and stereotyping is okay then,, you shouldnt watch comedy if you are overly sensitive and cant laugh a little. Now, on the other hand, this movie is a childrens movie. A disney movie! You cant use stereotypes in these types of movies because children believe everything they see on cartoons...it affects them a lot
I am an African American teen girl and im not offended by this movie, I like it a lot. However, this movie, like most disney movies does have racial stereotypes. In the start of the movie, the little white girl is spoiled and gets everything from her dad and lives in a big house. Tiana grows up poor and on the way home the film shows the contrast of her small home to the white girls big house.
I just saw this movie yesterday (my niece's bday) and feel that this in no way is racist at all. Im glad to see that Disney put a black princesss in a cinderella-type movie. I agree wit this guy. Critics accused every little thing in this movie to be racist. Having the movie based in New Orleans is a great way to show Disney's audience about black culture and was not offended by it in any way
im white and i live in alabama. people hear that and assume im racist......aren't they being racist when they say that.....im not racist in fact my best friend is bi-racial. i think people read too much into things. we are all created by one Father and He loves us all the same.
I seriously disagree with that guys statement about voodoo and alligators. Voodoo isn't evil, and it is part of what makes New Orleans beautiful. Why is it that nobody seems to realise that New Orleans existed in it's own beautiful, albeit unorthodox, culture long before Katrina, and has since been recovering nicely. I loved the film :)
As a black father of three beautiful princesses, I'm very pleased that Disney finally made a Princess movie with a black star.
Until you have daughters of your own, you don't realize how much girls in American culture are affected by Disney Princess movies.
To hear my oldest daughter say that she couldn't be a princess because she doesn't have white skin (even though she's biracial) hurt more than words can express.
This movie was everything it should have been and was in no way racist.
@flizzleFlopper i never thought i could be a princess when i was little but maybe its just cause i didnt watch cinderella etc a lot, it never appealed to me....its good your girls enjoyed the movie, i hope you let them watch all the old movies from disney too, i loved them and its great to watch them again after not seeing them for 15 years, especially lion king, brings back great memories :D
oh yeah everyone in louisiana is black even the cops are black no not everyone in louisiana is black i see both white and black this movie is making fun of louisiana and also makes racist show
@gameex1 You're saying The Princess and the Frog is racist because 'everyone' was black? Wrong. There were white characters. Tiana's best friend, Lotti, is white. Her dad's white. We see some white people walking the streets during the scenes when they focus on the setting.
I'm actually Puerto Rican myself, and was wondering the same thing about a Puerto Rican or even a Latina princess! We have white, Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, and Black princesses. Now it's the Hispanics' turn! One has to consider that we have a HUGE spectrum, with all types of religions, nationalities and customs, and even races WITHIN our history...
But...Disney, before I die, can PLEASE see the day we have a Hispanic princess? That'd be great. Thanks! :)
@immarocker247 You're stupid. :l They didn't talk 'lyke dis', the only accent I heard was a Southern one, which is to be expected considering the SETTING. Name one character that talked 'lyke dis'. And who cares if she grew up poor!? That was to show how HARD WORKING she is. If she was born rich, how would they show she's hard working? And she didn't have to marry her way into royality. She choose to marry him because she loved him. Not only that, HE WAS DISOWNED. He wasn't royal anymore.
true, but the whole reason the movie was made was because of a few sensative people that said that disney was a "white corporation". I think its awesome that they have a black princess but making a movie with mostly blacks just for the point of having a movie with mostly blacks is disneys "safety net" if any more accusations come there way which they will.
i half way agree with you.. people are too sensitive ( with Avatar etc.) but i understand what people mean with the Prince Naveen thing for those who think hes of non-black heritage. (i think that he isCreole or Mixed black ) they have another princess comming out (Rapunzel, yes, shes white) and they made sure that her prince was was the same race as her. kids know that white love can exist we see it in films all the time, with the stats concerning broken black homes what is this teaching kids?
I agree with you dude. I'm under the opinion that you usually find racism if you are looking for it in the first place. I can pick any movie, watch it and pick out details that are 'racist', but they aren't racist, what's actually going on is taking things out of context. Happens too much now a days.
I am black and I agreed with most of the stuff you said...people try to find racial undertones in everything these days (I hear they are saying AVATAR is racist too?!?!?)
The only thing is that I am glad that Disney changed the lead character's name in the Princess and the Frog from Maddy to Tiana because I think Tiana is a beautiful name and it really suited the character's personality.
The name Maddy sounds like a crazy old woman. Not the beautiful hard-working young lady that Tiana was.
I never actually saw the movie myself, but I can tell there is very little racist stuff in "Princess & the Frog". I think all those crankpots who look for any race-spots should really try to recall "Beauty & the Beast" and see how Gaston-like they are.
are people still pissed about this movie? jeez i remember when i was a kid and i could watch a movie without worrying about stereotypes or racism, just a kid watching a movie
You're absolutely right. People literally just sat around the theatre watched that movie whispering to themselves "...yeah, I'm totally gonna find something racest in this..." And if you don't find something, what do you do? Make it up. Me, personally, I think Disney did a GREAT job on The Princess and the Frog. People are just to sensitive nowdays...lol
@pennyjpie i agree 100% with you.. these days every litlle thing is deamed racist.. and all this crap usually comes from people with nothing better to do...
thank you! i love your commentary on the prince and the frog. i think people saying that movie is racist is bullshit. it's a beautiful movie with magical scenes and i think it's full of beautiful morals. for everyone.
i wish people didn't turn every little thing into something so ugly..
@grillz666 hmm, well, personally, I don't really see how that matters. To be honest, when the movie was coming out, I actually thought the prince WAS black, just with a French accent. But apparently he's not supposed to be black.. because other people say so. I don't know. To be honest, I feel like even if they made the prince be an American black male, there would've been other complaints about the movie and it would've been called it racist anyway. It's a lose/lose situation.
@ooamaimomooo it does because i dont think the people who made this would sit comfortably with the idea of a white princess falling in love with a black man and if you remember this convosation in the next 5 or 10 years i can guarantee you there wont be such a story made by disney.
@grillz666 I don't believe that to be true at all, you act like everyone is racist, believe it or not, most of us could give a fuck less what anyone's race is, we just want to watch a good movie and not bitch about it. It was a good movie I didn't see one thing wrong with it, at all, and I don't see what would be wrong with a whit princess falling in love with a black one, and neither do most people.
@grillz666 Pocohontas fell in love with a white man, I really don't think Disney is out to get anyone, they are just trying to make a movie to entertain children, no hidden messages or secret hate, just a movie, that's all, maybe back in the day that would be true, but I think even though people are becoming more ignorant, are also becoming smarter along with their ignorance, there is nothing to gain from bashing an entire race except hate...Disney isn't stupid, they just want to make smiles.
@Chibi2Ninja2Death they havnt done a movie with a white princess with a black/asian guy and they never will thats my proof right there and i can bet they never will
@Chibi2Ninja2Death you have to understand this goes back to when a white man could rape a black women or even have one as his wife but if black man was to take a white women they would both be killed
@Chibi2Ninja2Death i do not disagree that disney makes great children movies...but i do disagree that they are not racist or at the least make some stereotypical depictions of certain races
no offense, but that's just like saying aren't Italian people kind of Australian? just because they're not from Australia doesnt mean they're not Australian ethnicity.
Oh my god I agree with everything you just said, wicked!!!!!! But I would really like to hear your views on avatar the last air bender movie casting choice. thanx
All of these racist contrversies are completely ruining the actual beauty of the film. The music was wonderful and energetic and truly expressed the time period and the plot literally made me laugh and cry. It was a perfect Disney princess tale. Did they intend to make it racist? NO! The simply expanded their horizon to a new culture for Disney princesses. And it worked! Enjoy it dammit!
P.S. Prince Naveen--i.e. Tiana's love interest--is from the fictional country of Maldonia and NOT the Middle East or India, etc. so stop over-analyzing his ethnicity! He's Maldonian, which makes him raceless, since the place is nonexistent. But if anything other than Maldonian, he's Brazilian just like the actor who plays him, Bruno Campos.
I didn't see Transformers 2, but my sister did & noticed hidden, racist messages (see 'Mickey Mouse Monopoly'). As for "District 9" & "Princess & the Frog", I loved 'em! "District 9" was a cleverly composed satire of apartheid! And yes there was voodoo in the "Princess & the Frog" but that's realistic/accurate. (BTW, Voodoo's merely religious syncretism just like Candomble in Brazil, Santeria in PR/Cuba, etc.) Disney was even so fair as to show its good & bad sides thru Mama Odie & Dr. Facilier.
At least in Avatar the white guy understood the people and feel in love with both the woman and the culture, so much so that he became one. Now if you do a film make it totally correct or keep it to yourself. As much as I like Transformers 2 I'm split on it because Jazz (Transformers 1) was a black type bot. I will say they over did it a little on the so-called Jive talk the bots were doing. But no different than Tracy Morgan's characters, Buffoonery is Buffoonery not hating on the brother.
The second part of this, is it was based in New Orleans (the deep south) where you would not find these types of relationships all of over the place. Call me whatever you want but just like its not cool for kids to be exposed to gay relations in cartoons its not cool to get little kids involved in bull shit interracial crap like this. Now when will Disney make a film were the white woman kiss and dates the black man? Don't hold your breath because it will never happen. Disney himself was racist.
There was no beauty there at all, first of all why would you go out of the way to make the prince arab. Have you ever heard of the slave trade (conducted by the arabs and while the whites took families arabs took women/girls). If you read your history then you would know why we feel this way. You are not in a world with out racism, did you hear that the KKK protested the film because they felt like a Black women couldn't be a Princess any where on the planet.
They didn't go out of their way to make him Arabic. There is actually nothing to prove him as Arabic. His accent sounds sort of East Indian to me. They just didn't want to stick with the 'traditional' blue-eyed prince, like in many past films. The film isn't propaganda. Do you think that it's only white people making movies? Do you think that there are only white animators? Someone wrote this, put a whole lot of love and effort into it and made some magic. Just crawl back into the suburbs, okay?
I hate that you can't understand where I'm coming from on this but never the less these are grown people with an agenda, Disney is most racist animation companies on the planet and this is what they call a break through. There were other dark skinned people in the movie, I guess it just so happens that though all the black people running around in a 1920's New Orleans they couldn't fathom Prince the same color as she was?
Now riddle me this why is it that black men like white/bright women?
Holy crap, you need a reality check. Not all black men like white women. Plus the whole thing with the Princess and the frog was that it wasn't really ABOUT colour. The prince and princess could have been black, white, red, purple or green and the story still would have worked. It just happened that that 'princess' was black and the Prince was some foreign ethnicity. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
LOL I think I said bright women (as in light skin women). You can watch the movie and enjoy, but what is going on is much bigger than what you can understand and I really don't want to invest the time in talking to you about it. I know it sounds rude but understand I'm not trying to be ok. I know what I'm talking about and the few who know what I mean understand me fully.
Yeah, other bigots. I have studied anthropology and sociology, so DO NOT question my ability to understand anything. You, on the other hand. "It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance; for it requires knowledge to perceive it and therefore he that can perceive it hath it not."
LOL see by your answer you didn't get what I was saying but its ok, we don't always understand people and their feeling on things and thats human. But having to deal with the light skin woman thing because of what I saw on tv all the time I know what I'm talking about but its kool and I understand.
I agree people look for controversy in almost anything over the simpliest things and people may not have intended something to come across that way but of course some people like to pick on everything. O yeah on white chicks I see what you're coming from but I also remember this movie called Soul Man about a white guy who took some tanning pills to appear black to get a schorlorship to a college.
The bogus controversy reminds me of the preacher character being upset because in his own mind the purple teletubie was gay lol.
Whats next, fighting mythical stereotype, why did mulan incorporate the stereotypical chinese dragon as opposed to a jiny from a magical lantern for its story set in China?
it has a black princess kissing a frog out of her own free will, which is saying that black women are sluts that would fuck anything or anyone, disney are saying they are that desperate for sex that they will fuck frogs.
I agree with this video!!!
42088butterfly 4 days ago
Im waiting for my Puerto Rican Princess too! and Awesome vid thank you MTE!
MsTechnoStorm 4 days ago
Racist point blank period.
Afrikanglobal 6 days ago
(continue) as a race,as peoplee,and as a community.my words of wisdom if your a proud of this movie and love your neigbor as a brother then God bless u. If u ignorant and rasicist den suck salt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
brilliantlymade 1 week ago
first of all i gald u made this vid.as soon as black people are finally being presented as people with lives and stories and hopes and dreams.Dem haterz wanna come out.we aint complain about bush did we barrack came in 2 office and all the rasism starts.why cant peolpe just forget there differnces and live 2 gether the way god intend. Why when ever the truth comes out people want 2 just walk away from it all. i read the help and as a young black woman its important 2 me 2 know were we came from.
brilliantlymade 1 week ago
Stereotypes? Wtf. You can't judge an entire race off of a few black people. That's just ignorance! People are ignorant.
dirtynileystories 3 months ago
i don't care if people are black, white, ect!, like am colour blind and i was saying to my teacher (which am friends with) i don't even know what colour you are? then all people went, "ohhhhh, take him out of class sir, that well racist" if i was black no one would have said anything. like i don't care about colour if you're a nice person i will like you
kurtisabc 3 months ago
You talk sense!!! 100% agree.
MissBiguk 4 months ago
Great video man. PC ppl are so stupid. Well said.
bubbiz99 5 months ago
Wow! I totally agree with you!
chicoglam 5 months ago
I think I love you, very well said
AuraKiss 5 months ago
I see my mother's monkey boobs
BlueBellyfluff 6 months ago
it's funny because there are no such thing as black princesses, back in medieval times, they were either living in tribes or as slaves.
vurtualboy 10 months ago
No matter what people do if it has a colored person in it, somehow its gonna be racists to someone. never mind there is white and Asian and whatever doing the same things. Then again, If they don't have a black person in it.. its. once again. Racist. there is no win really. sad truth there is always gonna be someone so obsessed with racist things they will see it in anything. hell people don't even know what being racist is anymore. They just hate
Kierakittie 10 months ago
Im black and young, while I listen to Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane lol, but I agree a 100%. If a race is mad about how they are protrayed then they should make a movie. hmm I dnt see them doin it. Real racism is like Jena 6. Now
Connect200 11 months ago
I have to say that I disagree... I am black and I saw no racism in the princess and the frog...however... aladin and other disney movies did show stereotypes of races...it is very clear... and if the people who the characters in these movie are depicting feel as though the characters are racist than they are...hello...they would know smh
deandra2010 11 months ago
The only things that were so hurtful about this movie is that we FINALLY get a black princess, something every little black girl should be able to see. However, she was a frog throughout most of movie....she can't have a black prince? Why? And we have to be involved with voodoo etc REALLY :-/. I think it was really sad actually. When they can create a cartoon that shows a black princess and always us to stay black vs green for an hour 1/2 I would be much more appreciative.
akalibby1 1 year ago 2
theres a difference between modern and racist
supersaiyansai 1 year ago
I also like the name Tiana more than Mattie/Maddie because of the more enchanted sound of the name. It fits the Disney line of film better. The movie was done well and I think the creators did a good job going along with tradition as well as being sensitive to viewers who gave them valid critique prior to releasing things that may have been degrading to many.
TheViewer45 1 year ago
I agree with people sometimes going too far with racist accusations, BUT I am very happy that they did not make Tiana a chambermaid. That would have been too far with "representing" what you may think is reality that children need to be exposed to at young ages.
TheViewer45 1 year ago
its racist cuz theres no white people in it. I have no problem with black people, however they pretty much excluded white people altogether? i have a problem with that!
cokerainbows 1 year ago
@cokerainbows they didn't exclude white people in the movie...the princess' friend was white
deandra2010 11 months ago
Ok first Tiana wasn't a princess she was a waitress and later a shop owner never a princess. Disney has been Racist throughout it's history. Every other princess in the history of Disney was at one point in the movie an actual princess, everyone except Tiana. The message that the kids get is that Tiana wasn't a Princess
ynot217 1 year ago
@ynot217 Actually, Tiana was a princess. She married Prince Naveen, and so became a princess (which, by the way, was the same way Cinderella and Belle became princesses). As for your other point, Mulan is often considered a "Disney Princess", despite the fact that she never officially becomes an actual princess in the film.
isabellagranger 1 year ago
@isabellagranger Ok point well taken. However you have to admit that she's the least impressive out of the Disney Princesses. Naveen is broke and Tianna at the end of the movie is a resturaunt owner with a Prince Waiter.
ynot217 1 year ago
@ynot217 But which is the better message to send to little girls - that you can't be happy unless you have a rich prince and an opulent castle, or that what matters is that you're with the one you love? Frankly, as much as I loved Disney when I was younger, I think the earlier movies just set you up to be disappointed.
isabellagranger 11 months ago
Oh Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease...I would love to hear this guys opinion of GhettoGaggers(dot)com
KevinX704 1 year ago
What about Rapunzel, the new Disney Princess in "Tangled"? She is a white princess with a white partner, despite his thievery. Why couldn't she marry a black man (although a black thief may have caused controversy on top of other things)? Why couldn't Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Snow White, Belle (although I'm not sure of the reaction people may have had if the beast turned out to be a black man), and Tiana (even though her prince was a frog)? I can't wait to see a black prince but will I see 1?
Kyraboo13 1 year ago
I can agree w/ many things said but what still bothers me is the fact that she married a non-black man. The only other black princess (human characters; I won't get started on lion King) I recall is Brandy in the non-animated version of Cinderella. She marries an Asian prince (w/ a black mother & white father). Really? Interracial marriages or mixing the races in these movies aren't wrong. Im not claiming racism. But why has every other princess married a prince of their own ethnic background?
Kyraboo13 1 year ago
wth its a kids movie.
its not racist.
vantasia is racist.
princess and the frog is just supposed to be another princess movie but this one has charecters that arent just white and European. Its an open movie 4 all.
STFU U PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS UPSET ABOUT THERE BEING COLORED CHARECTERS.
SafasoTV 1 year ago
in the movie the white girl was the rich one and the black girl was the hard working one but both races are hard working :D
international4life1 1 year ago
calling everything racist is racist. Any time ethnic cultural or even style attributes are given to a character, its "promoting stereotypes" anything the characters demeanor is stale and bland, someones being "left out" Its a lose lose situation for everyone involved except the ones who want to keep the issue fresh and argumentative
AndrewKH85 1 year ago 6
@AndrewKH85 well some stuff is actually racist...if I saw a cartoon (like the old ones) where it was a black cartoon character with big lips, nappy hair, eating watermelon...that would be racist...and I'm black
deandra2010 11 months ago
Cajuns were treated in an incredibly racist way in this movie. It pissed me off.
CajunKhan 1 year ago
OMG THANK YOU! PEOPLE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TRYING NOT TO SEEM RACIST, THAT IT ENDS UP COMING OUT AS RACIST IN ITSELF! PRINCESS AND THE FROG IS NOT MEANT FOR BLACK LITTLE GIRLS, ITS MEANT FOR EVERY LITTLE KID OUT THERE! MY BF'S LIL SISTER IS NOT BLACK AND SHE WATCHES IT EVERYDAY! LIKE YOU SAID, CALM THE HELL DOWN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
kissame104 1 year ago
All I know is, racist or not, my niece loves this movie! She walks around the house singing "I'm almost there!" lol it's so funny! She went from idolizing Cinderella & Ariel to claiming Princess Tiana as her favorite Disney princess. & no she isn't black, it just goes to show how children are so unbiased.
kidd2xclusive 1 year ago
@kidd2xclusive Well, kids aren't TOTALLY unbiased. They do pick up things lol
kissame104 1 year ago
I think some of the Tittle was great but that is it. Every thing is okay, at this time that is how it was. I would wether see the truth in a movie but not just lies. The movie was great. Back then voo doo was big and her job was common. I think people need to stop because even with the situation they portrayed her great. I would want to see a hard working black woman make than a snotty person be a princess. This guy is 100% correct.
doodaboo123 1 year ago
Thanks a lot!
This needed to be said and you did it just fine!
This movie is great and reminds me of Disney's golden age, I really enjoyed it. It's full of magic and beauty, and I really like the way they depict Tia. I like disney girls to have a strong character and to know what they want in life, and Tia's just the type!
As for Naveen, I know the name sounds middle-eastern, but though the language he speaks has been made up, he sounds kinda italian...
Anyway, no racism in this movie whatsoever
owlnemo 1 year ago
Racism in a Disney movie? Shocking! Never seen that before *coughdumbocough*
4tehhorde 1 year ago
Well said... I wish I could say more... Too bad the rest of the world can't grasp the concept though.
strssd76 1 year ago
im white and proud of it but i am very happy that a black female is portrayed as the princess, the racists exagerations only lean towards people being skeptical of other cultures.
crazyknight2008 1 year ago
Haha, "a racist term in itself," I’ve been told that, I don't "Act black." ? So they're saying that because I am a sophisticated, educated african-american, I'm racist against my own. I know my culture and history, I made a point to know. The only people I see act like Skids and Mudflap, at least where I'm from, are white. The Princess and the Frog changes were exaggerations. Although, I must say I was slightly offended by the New Orleans setting and the “jive-talking” alligator. But thats all.
littleYOmama 1 year ago 5
@littleYOmama i agree... I am also black and get told I don't act black all the time smh it really is a shame
deandra2010 11 months ago
@deandra2010 Yes I know! What does that even mean? lol
littleYOmama 11 months ago
Precisely!!!
taylorlatrece 1 year ago
right on dude, right on.
SecondhandFire 1 year ago
The only things that disturbed me were the inaccurate portrayal of the Voodoo religion and the fact that the prince wasn't Black. Yes, you just said it shouldn't matter, blabla , but EVERY SINGLE princess has had a prince of the same race (besides Pocahontas, but that was actually needed for the story line), so why suddenly go "multiculturalism FTW!" for the first Black princess? Why can't Black boys have someone to look up to who looks like them? It just doesn't make any sense.
coccinelsucrer 1 year ago
@coccinelsucrer I think the reason Disney made the prince Middle Eastern and not black was because they wanted to break away from each princess having a prince of the same race, for that in itself could be construed as racism.
emsybop 1 year ago
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coccinelsucrer 1 year ago
@emsybop But couldn't they have given a non-White prince to a non-Black princess then? I don't see how it's racist to want every race represented in every gender. This way, it would have been the first Black princess AND prince. I just find it puzzling that they didn't even think about that even though they perfectly knew that, Tiana being the first Black princess, people would inevitably put this movie under an "anti-racism" microscope and react to every single thing they find inappropriate.
coccinelsucrer 1 year ago
Omfg I know, everything is racist apparently...I get so pissed of hearing it every 2 minutes maybe if you used that little pink thing in your head you'd be able to tell what IS racist and what ISN'T like this movie, it's not fucking racist if it were, there would be horrible shit in this film, I didn't see anything horrible about it, all I saw was a good movie, but that's because I was focusing about the story not what the color of anyone's skin was...holy fuck get over yourselves.
Chibi2Ninja2Death 1 year ago
Why do black activist call EVERY SINGLE MOVIE MADE ABOUT A BLACK PERSON RACIST!? It makes no damn sense.. get over it damn!
layhayla 1 year ago
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@layhayla let me ask you a question do you think disney will do a movie with a white princess and a black prince?
grillz666 1 year ago
Thank you!! For the love God and all that is holy, thank you!! God, I've been growing up with this crap for years, where every little thing that someone of any color does is racist of some kind! This is the same company that gave you a talking elephant character! It's fantasy! GET OVER YOURSELVES! Because, every person on this planet has laughed at one stereotypical thing or another, and that is the damn truth.
Lexeyachan 1 year ago
I completely AGREE! I cringe at the loss of MADDY losing her original plan. You see, it's the epically perfect story for a Disney princess. Snow White started in RAGS, enslaved by her step-mom. Cinderella was a slave in rags as well. Shouldn't a BLACK girl under the "enslavement" of the present human ignorance be the perfect plan for a typical DISNEY PRINCESS?! Oh no! She's black! She needs to be treated "SPECIAL!" And that's the only way she'll be "equal"?? WTF?! No consistency indeed!
NobleRoyalty 1 year ago
I've never heard anything so intelligence dude your right bout everything I've said this to friends and teachers but like u said they like to pick at every little thing possible to scavenge for something to be wrong with it
BlackDragonNite 1 year ago
yes racism in any form is WRONG..but let's be real here..we can't ignore the fact that the media Disney especially perpetuates negative stereotypes about all pple of color not just blacks. Just look at earlier disney movies..it's down right blatant. Although the media is not as bold about portraying these images today it still exists on a more suttle note. To just claim over sensitivity about everything is to almost say you have began to internalize these images and see nothing wrong with them.
amazingrace42 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. I'm glad to know that someone out there shares my opinion on this subject. The Princess and the Frog (which I believe is so named because it has almost nothing to do with the original story of the Frog Prince and therefore can't be named The Frog Princess) was a decent Disney movie and a good attempt to get back to classic 2D animation. It wasn't racist. The worst part of the film was that Alan Menken wasn't involved with the music.
tinchick2 1 year ago
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Thank you for posting this. I'm glad to know that someone out there shares my opinion on this subject. The Princess and the Frog (which I believe is so named because it has almost nothing to do with the original story of the Frog Prince and therefore can't be named The Frog Princess) was a decent Disney movie and a good attempt to get back to classic 2D animation. It wasn't racist. The worst part of the film was that Alan Menken wasn't involved with the music.
tinchick2 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. I'm glad to know that someone out there shares my opinion on this subject. The Princess and the Frog (which I believe is so named because it has almost nothing to do with the original story of the Frog Prince and therefore can't be named The Frog Princess) was a decent Disney movie and a good attempt to get back to classic 2D animation. It wasn't racist. The worst part of the film was that Alan Menken wasn't involved with the music.
tinchick2 1 year ago
whoever said the story being set in new orleans is bad has obviously never lived there and probably never went there. new orleans is a beautiful place, with it's own rich culture created from a mix of multiple cultures and voodoo is a part of its culture and whats so bad about alligators? alligators live in new orleans...and as for the complaint about the prince's race, i'm still waitin for a disney movie with an interracial couple. in nyc they're pretty much the norm.
cheechitaNchongella 1 year ago
A movie where in these robots subscribe to many many many black steriotypes, I know i'm looking at something racist. Btw, sorry for all these posts. My iPad isn't the easiest thing to write on
Ashley963123 1 year ago
And also who the heck doesn't know what acting black means. Part of not being rasist is to avoid stereo types. I'm not being rasist if I know a stereotype like black people are stupid. Everyone knows that stereotype. It's when I see a movievwhere i
Ashley963123 1 year ago
I think the most racist thing about the transformers is that they were designed to be ugly, stupid, aggressive, and illiterate....
Ashley963123 1 year ago
I think the most rasist thing about the transformers is that they were designed to be be
Ashley963123 1 year ago
Do little kids really give a shit if her name rhymes with mammy?
ZbadOne4Ever 1 year ago
What? is that why they changed it? So silly. Wow. All Disney Movies are racist...you have to see the effect on kids. It is what they take things from more so we DO have to be careful. Disney did state they were making this for the racial purposes. Still it wasnt that great anyway.
Khaostenshi 1 year ago
AMEN BROTHER!!!!! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO FUCKING UNDERSTANDS!!!!! YESSSS!!!!!! SEE!? IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT RACISM PEOPLE!!!! IT'S JUST PEOPLE JUST BEING PEOPLE!!!!! IGNORANTS AND ALL YOU DAMN FUCKERS WHO DON'T DO MUCH ALL DAY SHOULD JUST SHUT YOUR ASSMOUTH IF YOU CAN'T PROPERLY DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN REAL RACIAL DESCRIMINATION AND THOSE ORDINARY EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS! YES! THANK YOU FuryoftheFilmFan! YOUR COMMENT IS MORE THAN WELCOME IN THIS NEGATIVE SOCIETY WE LIVE IN TODAY!
bigjoe777 1 year ago
Wow. Brilliantly spoken, thank you.
JemPizzazz 1 year ago
You say all then then say you're still looking for a Puerto Rican princess... so if it's not about race then why are you still searching for something that hasn't happened? Things that make you go hmm...
iBlissTV 1 year ago
Yes Jennifer Daniels, this isn't a story for black children, this is a story for everybody and it's never too late to write a positive story for children, so please, Jennifer and BET, just shut the hell up!
Gxyz222 1 year ago
Well. The first thing right off the bat is that the protagonist wasn't even really a princess! If Disney wanted to make a movie about a black princess why can't they make one based on African folktales featuring REAL (fictional or not) black female royals? And yes Disney's racism is betrayed by the "Maddy" original maid character etc.
LordInit 1 year ago
@LordInit
Neither was Cinderella or Belle. What's your point?
And why didn't they base ALL of their princesses on real ones? Were Cinderella and Aurora and Snow White signs of white racism, or does that only apply to people of color? And you do know that there are people named Madeline, do you not?
SmashBroDx 1 year ago
@SmashBroDx Your reply is a silly strawman. It doesn't matter if the princesses were historically real or not. Cinderella wasn't a princess but she was a noblewoman as for Belle, the point is she and all other fairytale princesses are told from actual folktales of Europeans. When was the last time you even heard of a folktale or story that did not come from Europe, let alone is seen on the big screen. Answer: NEVER. And you know darn well the reason why.
LordInit 6 months ago
@LordInit
But it does matter, because you're talking about wanting REAL royales when neither of the princesses were such. It doesn't matter where they came from; none of the ones you mentioned were really princesses.
I have my suspiscions as to why most of these movies where based of European folk tales, the most obvious one being that they are what the majority of people know here but I MIGHT be wrong on that. What are some well-known folk tales that can be traced back to Africa?
SmashBroDx 6 months ago
@LordInit
Beauty and the Beast originated in Persia.
MewWinxKPandmore 5 months ago
Okay who said this?
On this website this lady said that she will not let her children see the moive and why her hair has a perm. HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAS A PERM AND ITS A FREAKIN CARTOON?!
Civis3 1 year ago
I liked the movie, but they only made it cause people were literally about to law suit for not fairly having an African American princess.
reriolu 1 year ago
simply because a group of people call out a stereotype does not mean that they had the inadvertent intention for racial profiling or "being racist". it's more a racial/characteristic identification mechanism for people calling out what they see.
besides that, people need to calm down i agree, but that's something we all can dream about. the fact of the matter is that people are the way they are, and will continue to nit pick what they will. might as well join the hullabaloo, cuz we in it too.
executableapplet 1 year ago
I totally agree with you. It seems that a lot of people call out little things that don't really matter as racist.
Although I do prefer Tiana to Maddy, and "The Princess and the Frog" to "The Frog Princess," and I like Tiana being a waitress trying to fulfill her dream of owning a restaurant.
AnimeMangaFreak222 1 year ago
I never understood the big deal with the Prince from 'The Princess And The Frog' not being black. I personally always assumed after seeing the film that he was Mediterranean or European and from the perspective of Disney, who has been nagged half to death for years about having only 'white' Princesses and Princes including two character of two different ethnicities is like killing two birds with one stone.
MethodForDisaster 1 year ago
I thought Naveen looked Mediterranean. Almost Klinger-esque (but without the giant nose). And Tiana is a maid. It's her night shift job, while the waitressing job is her day job.
Actually, I thought Disney handled the racism of 1920s New Orleans pretty well. Tiana faced discrimination, but in a subtle form that was more frustrating. I think she would have rather had the Fener Bros. tell her honestly that they wouldn't sell the building to her because she's black. It helped emphasize the
AtarahDerek 1 year ago
challenges Tiana faced in getting her restaurant. The fact of the matter is that racism existed in New Orleans in the 20s, and still does today. Not everyone can be as focused as Lottie is on getting her fairy tale that she forgets her best friend is black. I think it would have been a historical mistake for Disney to ignore the racism, but I also agree with them that it need not be a focal point in the movie. They struck a nice balance, imo. Highlights the faith+work message of the movie.
AtarahDerek 1 year ago
Agreed to every word you said, I hate political correctness these days because people over use it and abuse it to the point, where I consider it has become offensive itself.
misukiyuki 1 year ago
How *DO* you ACT black? Seriously, I have been wondering that forever. :P
hyuugafan88j4 1 year ago
@hyuugafan88j4 you ACT black based on the actions of how most "black" people ACT. stereotypes. it would be quite blundering to say, "you act like a stereotypical black person," so we simplify: "you ACT BLACK@!!"
executableapplet 1 year ago
Excellent commentary, @FuryoftheFilmFan. I really think you did a great job with this.
jinx1331xnij 1 year ago
Absolutely Beautiful
<3 your voice mate
Unit06JAW 1 year ago
There's nothing controversial about Princess and the Frog. I mean come on...I'm black and I know people always try to find something to fuss about. No beauty? The movie was amazing! And the time set was appropriate and perfect. But I do like the fact of a African-American Disney princess. :) You got a point FuryofthefilmFan!
painterofemotions 1 year ago
I'm totally with you on the complains. But i have to point something out that really bugs me. Why do people call racism towards white people reverse racism? The term reverse implies wrong direction. I thought racism was racism. How can racism be reversed. Its either happening or not regardless of the ethnicity of the people being subjected to it. It seems pretty weird to give it a different name when it is happening to white people. What next, reverse discrimination? Reverse prejudice?
hyola 1 year ago
THANK YOU!!!!!! your telling the truth!
starfaganation 1 year ago
This guy makes a great point in this video, ppl trip too much and they take things negatively.
As for the twin robots, i wasnt as mad as they were portrayed as black it just bugged me thats they were so dam stupid in that movie
YungNessTV 1 year ago
@YungNessTV.......THIS GUY DO NOT MAKE A GREAT POINT AT ALL; HE DO NOT HAVE GOOD ANALYTICAL.
When did you see a white princess with black prince, from all the princess movies? Never ! This is a propaganda for young black women to run to white young men. This is a great method to brainwash a little black girls; this is a hidden message for interracial dating. His false logic and magical words do not fly with me.
TheSevenmind 1 year ago
Yess sir.. and i cant wait for when disney have the 1st puerto rican princess who's name is Rosita Hernandez who's a house maid and falls in love with this African Prince from Kenya i know u mr FuryoftheFilmFan can't wait to cop the dvd n blue ray 4 that as well :D
smokiller 1 year ago
This video makes a lot of very good points. I wish more people shared this point of view. Good job. :)
TheChirpingAssholes 1 year ago
Thank you!!!! Finally someone understands that people are WAY too sensitive! I totally agree and then some!! thank you for telling everyone the TRUTH!!
TheBulletproductions 1 year ago
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About your "White Chicks" example, that movie was a comedy and stereotyping is okay then,, you shouldnt watch comedy if you are overly sensitive and cant laugh a little. Now, on the other hand, this movie is a childrens movie. A disney movie! You cant use stereotypes in these types of movies because children believe everything they see on cartoons...it affects them a lot
Maniboops 1 year ago
About your "White Chicks" example, that movie was a comedy and stereotyping is okay then,, you shouldnt watch comedy if you are overly sensitive and cant laugh a little. Now, on the other hand, this movie is a childrens movie. A disney movie! You cant use stereotypes in these types of movies because children believe everything they see on cartoons...it affects them a lot
Maniboops 1 year ago
I am an African American teen girl and im not offended by this movie, I like it a lot. However, this movie, like most disney movies does have racial stereotypes. In the start of the movie, the little white girl is spoiled and gets everything from her dad and lives in a big house. Tiana grows up poor and on the way home the film shows the contrast of her small home to the white girls big house.
Maniboops 1 year ago
fury...this is my first viewing of one of your reviews
Professional, insightful and with deep insight into the hypocrisy of the race argument
you sir are now on my watch list you magnificent bastard
julianlev 1 year ago
I just saw this movie yesterday (my niece's bday) and feel that this in no way is racist at all. Im glad to see that Disney put a black princesss in a cinderella-type movie. I agree wit this guy. Critics accused every little thing in this movie to be racist. Having the movie based in New Orleans is a great way to show Disney's audience about black culture and was not offended by it in any way
AceRoyalTV 1 year ago 8
im white and i live in alabama. people hear that and assume im racist......aren't they being racist when they say that.....im not racist in fact my best friend is bi-racial. i think people read too much into things. we are all created by one Father and He loves us all the same.
bethrdavis 1 year ago
I seriously disagree with that guys statement about voodoo and alligators. Voodoo isn't evil, and it is part of what makes New Orleans beautiful. Why is it that nobody seems to realise that New Orleans existed in it's own beautiful, albeit unorthodox, culture long before Katrina, and has since been recovering nicely. I loved the film :)
Amarianee 1 year ago
As a black father of three beautiful princesses, I'm very pleased that Disney finally made a Princess movie with a black star.
Until you have daughters of your own, you don't realize how much girls in American culture are affected by Disney Princess movies.
To hear my oldest daughter say that she couldn't be a princess because she doesn't have white skin (even though she's biracial) hurt more than words can express.
This movie was everything it should have been and was in no way racist.
flizzleFlopper 1 year ago 4
@flizzleFlopper i never thought i could be a princess when i was little but maybe its just cause i didnt watch cinderella etc a lot, it never appealed to me....its good your girls enjoyed the movie, i hope you let them watch all the old movies from disney too, i loved them and its great to watch them again after not seeing them for 15 years, especially lion king, brings back great memories :D
cokerainbows 1 year ago
Over-sensitivities is the reason why racism excist now adays...
R2R3L4 1 year ago
oh yeah everyone in louisiana is black even the cops are black no not everyone in louisiana is black i see both white and black this movie is making fun of louisiana and also makes racist show
gameex1 1 year ago
@gameex1 You're saying The Princess and the Frog is racist because 'everyone' was black? Wrong. There were white characters. Tiana's best friend, Lotti, is white. Her dad's white. We see some white people walking the streets during the scenes when they focus on the setting.
MomoTheStrange 1 year ago
I'm actually Puerto Rican myself, and was wondering the same thing about a Puerto Rican or even a Latina princess! We have white, Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, and Black princesses. Now it's the Hispanics' turn! One has to consider that we have a HUGE spectrum, with all types of religions, nationalities and customs, and even races WITHIN our history...
But...Disney, before I die, can PLEASE see the day we have a Hispanic princess? That'd be great. Thanks! :)
getdownandboogie 1 year ago
u are so right, buddy... i favorited you. its exactly what i said, and u go even more in depth which is great! :D
getdownandboogie 1 year ago
mun key! rick ross voice lol
labrawn 1 year ago
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immarocker247 1 year ago
@immarocker247 You're stupid. :l They didn't talk 'lyke dis', the only accent I heard was a Southern one, which is to be expected considering the SETTING. Name one character that talked 'lyke dis'. And who cares if she grew up poor!? That was to show how HARD WORKING she is. If she was born rich, how would they show she's hard working? And she didn't have to marry her way into royality. She choose to marry him because she loved him. Not only that, HE WAS DISOWNED. He wasn't royal anymore.
MomoTheStrange 1 year ago
btw, the two robots were just annoying and i dont know why they put them in the movie
hostile411 1 year ago
true, but the whole reason the movie was made was because of a few sensative people that said that disney was a "white corporation". I think its awesome that they have a black princess but making a movie with mostly blacks just for the point of having a movie with mostly blacks is disneys "safety net" if any more accusations come there way which they will.
hostile411 1 year ago
SO TRUE!
ThePwnageLady 1 year ago
Amen!
v82gutierrez 1 year ago
i half way agree with you.. people are too sensitive ( with Avatar etc.) but i understand what people mean with the Prince Naveen thing for those who think hes of non-black heritage. (i think that he isCreole or Mixed black ) they have another princess comming out (Rapunzel, yes, shes white) and they made sure that her prince was was the same race as her. kids know that white love can exist we see it in films all the time, with the stats concerning broken black homes what is this teaching kids?
amastara 1 year ago
I agree with you dude. I'm under the opinion that you usually find racism if you are looking for it in the first place. I can pick any movie, watch it and pick out details that are 'racist', but they aren't racist, what's actually going on is taking things out of context. Happens too much now a days.
botOxymoron 1 year ago
I am black and I agreed with most of the stuff you said...people try to find racial undertones in everything these days (I hear they are saying AVATAR is racist too?!?!?)
The only thing is that I am glad that Disney changed the lead character's name in the Princess and the Frog from Maddy to Tiana because I think Tiana is a beautiful name and it really suited the character's personality.
The name Maddy sounds like a crazy old woman. Not the beautiful hard-working young lady that Tiana was.
Mad4style 1 year ago 9
i fuckin love you man!
ThePowerOfAwsome 1 year ago
I never actually saw the movie myself, but I can tell there is very little racist stuff in "Princess & the Frog". I think all those crankpots who look for any race-spots should really try to recall "Beauty & the Beast" and see how Gaston-like they are.
Pooleman96 1 year ago
are people still pissed about this movie? jeez i remember when i was a kid and i could watch a movie without worrying about stereotypes or racism, just a kid watching a movie
Tuchie09 2 years ago
You're absolutely right. People literally just sat around the theatre watched that movie whispering to themselves "...yeah, I'm totally gonna find something racest in this..." And if you don't find something, what do you do? Make it up. Me, personally, I think Disney did a GREAT job on The Princess and the Frog. People are just to sensitive nowdays...lol
pennyjpie 2 years ago 4
@pennyjpie i agree 100% with you.. these days every litlle thing is deamed racist.. and all this crap usually comes from people with nothing better to do...
i'm sry for them....LOL
shenellelive7 2 years ago
Welcome to america.
blakeandcrap 2 years ago
thank you! i love your commentary on the prince and the frog. i think people saying that movie is racist is bullshit. it's a beautiful movie with magical scenes and i think it's full of beautiful morals. for everyone.
i wish people didn't turn every little thing into something so ugly..
ooamaimomooo 2 years ago 16
agreed, it really is ugly
FuryoftheFilmFan 2 years ago
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@FuryoftheFilmFan let me ask you a question do you think disney will do a movie with a white princess and a black prince?
grillz666 1 year ago
@ooamaimomooo let me ask you a question do you think disney will do a movie with a white princess and a black prince?
grillz666 1 year ago
@grillz666 hmm, well, personally, I don't really see how that matters. To be honest, when the movie was coming out, I actually thought the prince WAS black, just with a French accent. But apparently he's not supposed to be black.. because other people say so. I don't know. To be honest, I feel like even if they made the prince be an American black male, there would've been other complaints about the movie and it would've been called it racist anyway. It's a lose/lose situation.
ooamaimomooo 1 year ago
@ooamaimomooo it does because i dont think the people who made this would sit comfortably with the idea of a white princess falling in love with a black man and if you remember this convosation in the next 5 or 10 years i can guarantee you there wont be such a story made by disney.
grillz666 1 year ago
@grillz666 I don't believe that to be true at all, you act like everyone is racist, believe it or not, most of us could give a fuck less what anyone's race is, we just want to watch a good movie and not bitch about it. It was a good movie I didn't see one thing wrong with it, at all, and I don't see what would be wrong with a whit princess falling in love with a black one, and neither do most people.
Chibi2Ninja2Death 1 year ago
@Chibi2Ninja2Death if thats true then your good person but i think disney would have a problem with that
grillz666 1 year ago
@grillz666 Pocohontas fell in love with a white man, I really don't think Disney is out to get anyone, they are just trying to make a movie to entertain children, no hidden messages or secret hate, just a movie, that's all, maybe back in the day that would be true, but I think even though people are becoming more ignorant, are also becoming smarter along with their ignorance, there is nothing to gain from bashing an entire race except hate...Disney isn't stupid, they just want to make smiles.
Chibi2Ninja2Death 1 year ago
@Chibi2Ninja2Death they havnt done a movie with a white princess with a black/asian guy and they never will thats my proof right there and i can bet they never will
grillz666 1 year ago
@Chibi2Ninja2Death you have to understand this goes back to when a white man could rape a black women or even have one as his wife but if black man was to take a white women they would both be killed
grillz666 1 year ago
@Chibi2Ninja2Death i do not disagree that disney makes great children movies...but i do disagree that they are not racist or at the least make some stereotypical depictions of certain races
deandra2010 11 months ago
but isnt dominican kinda black just because theyre not from african doesnt mean theyre not black ethnicity
cheat123 2 years ago
no offense, but that's just like saying aren't Italian people kind of Australian? just because they're not from Australia doesnt mean they're not Australian ethnicity.
Tuchie09 2 years ago
@Tuchie09 but Australian isnt an ethnicity Caucasian is the ethnicity ome dominicans have some black ethnicity u can see it theyre facial features
cheat123 2 years ago
Oh my god I agree with everything you just said, wicked!!!!!! But I would really like to hear your views on avatar the last air bender movie casting choice. thanx
sylverwicca 2 years ago
All of these racist contrversies are completely ruining the actual beauty of the film. The music was wonderful and energetic and truly expressed the time period and the plot literally made me laugh and cry. It was a perfect Disney princess tale. Did they intend to make it racist? NO! The simply expanded their horizon to a new culture for Disney princesses. And it worked! Enjoy it dammit!
PsychoMonkey94 2 years ago 11
it is kinda racist i saw it
LeetRecordings 2 years ago
i my self am black. but i think black ppl pull the racist card too damn much.
07Redstang 2 years ago 4
amen
sunshyne4381 2 years ago
P.S. Prince Naveen--i.e. Tiana's love interest--is from the fictional country of Maldonia and NOT the Middle East or India, etc. so stop over-analyzing his ethnicity! He's Maldonian, which makes him raceless, since the place is nonexistent. But if anything other than Maldonian, he's Brazilian just like the actor who plays him, Bruno Campos.
aby8519 2 years ago
I didn't see Transformers 2, but my sister did & noticed hidden, racist messages (see 'Mickey Mouse Monopoly'). As for "District 9" & "Princess & the Frog", I loved 'em! "District 9" was a cleverly composed satire of apartheid! And yes there was voodoo in the "Princess & the Frog" but that's realistic/accurate. (BTW, Voodoo's merely religious syncretism just like Candomble in Brazil, Santeria in PR/Cuba, etc.) Disney was even so fair as to show its good & bad sides thru Mama Odie & Dr. Facilier.
aby8519 2 years ago
in this movie they made the white guy look like a goon hahaha. in the swamp you see buck tooth hicks lol. i'm not offended though...
izlude2 2 years ago
At least in Avatar the white guy understood the people and feel in love with both the woman and the culture, so much so that he became one. Now if you do a film make it totally correct or keep it to yourself. As much as I like Transformers 2 I'm split on it because Jazz (Transformers 1) was a black type bot. I will say they over did it a little on the so-called Jive talk the bots were doing. But no different than Tracy Morgan's characters, Buffoonery is Buffoonery not hating on the brother.
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
The second part of this, is it was based in New Orleans (the deep south) where you would not find these types of relationships all of over the place. Call me whatever you want but just like its not cool for kids to be exposed to gay relations in cartoons its not cool to get little kids involved in bull shit interracial crap like this. Now when will Disney make a film were the white woman kiss and dates the black man? Don't hold your breath because it will never happen. Disney himself was racist.
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
you sir...are a fucking....idiot.
DotoftheDead 2 years ago
That's all you have to say? You didn't say nothing important.
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
you sir....are...STILL....a big Fucking Idiot
DotoftheDead 2 years ago
And you said a lot here. Thanks
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
Sounds like someone else is as well...
melancholymistress89 2 years ago
There was no beauty there at all, first of all why would you go out of the way to make the prince arab. Have you ever heard of the slave trade (conducted by the arabs and while the whites took families arabs took women/girls). If you read your history then you would know why we feel this way. You are not in a world with out racism, did you hear that the KKK protested the film because they felt like a Black women couldn't be a Princess any where on the planet.
This is a propaganda film period.
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
Typo correction KKK protested the film because they felt that a (Black woman) couldn't be a Princess. (My bad).
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
Typo correction KKK protested the film because they felt that a (Black woman) couldn't be a Princess. (My bad).
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
They didn't go out of their way to make him Arabic. There is actually nothing to prove him as Arabic. His accent sounds sort of East Indian to me. They just didn't want to stick with the 'traditional' blue-eyed prince, like in many past films. The film isn't propaganda. Do you think that it's only white people making movies? Do you think that there are only white animators? Someone wrote this, put a whole lot of love and effort into it and made some magic. Just crawl back into the suburbs, okay?
melancholymistress89 2 years ago
I hate that you can't understand where I'm coming from on this but never the less these are grown people with an agenda, Disney is most racist animation companies on the planet and this is what they call a break through. There were other dark skinned people in the movie, I guess it just so happens that though all the black people running around in a 1920's New Orleans they couldn't fathom Prince the same color as she was?
Now riddle me this why is it that black men like white/bright women?
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
Holy crap, you need a reality check. Not all black men like white women. Plus the whole thing with the Princess and the frog was that it wasn't really ABOUT colour. The prince and princess could have been black, white, red, purple or green and the story still would have worked. It just happened that that 'princess' was black and the Prince was some foreign ethnicity. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
melancholymistress89 2 years ago
LOL I think I said bright women (as in light skin women). You can watch the movie and enjoy, but what is going on is much bigger than what you can understand and I really don't want to invest the time in talking to you about it. I know it sounds rude but understand I'm not trying to be ok. I know what I'm talking about and the few who know what I mean understand me fully.
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
Yeah, other bigots. I have studied anthropology and sociology, so DO NOT question my ability to understand anything. You, on the other hand. "It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance; for it requires knowledge to perceive it and therefore he that can perceive it hath it not."
melancholymistress89 2 years ago
LOL see by your answer you didn't get what I was saying but its ok, we don't always understand people and their feeling on things and thats human. But having to deal with the light skin woman thing because of what I saw on tv all the time I know what I'm talking about but its kool and I understand.
Gotta go, be good ok
Peace
DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
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DamienDragonetti 2 years ago
and yes if she had a white prince for me it is not racist
it's like the love exist no matter who are and no matter what you do
sagreg93 2 years ago
i'm waiting for an aztec princess i mean a mexican princess jajaja
sagreg93 2 years ago
I agree people look for controversy in almost anything over the simpliest things and people may not have intended something to come across that way but of course some people like to pick on everything. O yeah on white chicks I see what you're coming from but I also remember this movie called Soul Man about a white guy who took some tanning pills to appear black to get a schorlorship to a college.
shutupimhungry 2 years ago
The bogus controversy reminds me of the preacher character being upset because in his own mind the purple teletubie was gay lol.
Whats next, fighting mythical stereotype, why did mulan incorporate the stereotypical chinese dragon as opposed to a jiny from a magical lantern for its story set in China?
;)
Rickdeckard2020 2 years ago
i also found another racist remark in this movie
it has a black princess kissing a frog out of her own free will, which is saying that black women are sluts that would fuck anything or anyone, disney are saying they are that desperate for sex that they will fuck frogs.
I cannot believe you Disney.
scarymonsterman94 2 years ago
Wow... Please say that you were joking. If not, what you wrote is still a joke.
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