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Movies: Breaking News: Details about Frog DVD and BLU RAY releases! |
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When Disney set out to make history by creating the first black animated princess in "The Princess and the Frog," there were plenty of early critics and naysayers who questioned whether the studio would get it right. Now that the film is out -- reaching No. 1 in its opening weekend -- the naysayers have been all but silent.
"The reason for the critical silence is the film doesn't fall into the trap that people expected," Mia Mask, the film department chair at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., told ABCNews.com. "Because the film was in production so long, people were expecting (Disney) to mess it up and reproduce stereotypes in some way. But the folks working on this really had a clue and managed to avoid the pitfalls that people expected they might fall into."
"(Disney) did a good job in not being controversial," Michael Baran, a Harvard University cultural anthropologist, told ABCNews.com. "With this one, they had to be a lot more careful."
"It certainly was important to make sure we were creating the next Disney princess who could stand with all the other Disney princesses," Peter del Vecho, the film's producer, told ABCNews.com.
After deciding to set the movie in New Orleans and make the main characters black, the filmmakers solicited feedback from prominent African Americans along the way.
"We wanted to make sure we got it right," said del Vecho, adding that the film was never delayed and the release date was even moved up by a month.
But while the film was in production, rumors and criticism threatened to tarnish Disney's first black princess even before she made it to the screen.
After "early speculation," del Vecho said the filmmakers were confident that "once people saw the movie they would be very pleased and embrace Tiana."
Teresa Wiltz, senior culture writer for TheRoot.com, said she understands the reason for all the early speculation.
"There are still so few images of black people in the media that we come armed to the multiplex with all these expectations," Wiltz told ABCNews.com. "It's a very high, high bar."
Wiltz said she thinks Disney met the challenge. "I thought it was lovely," she said, "beautifully done."
Baran agreed. "Any issues one can find with representations are not really blatant," he said. "They were careful to portray African Americans. More than anything else they make the white folk look ridiculous."
Time magazine voted the film one of the best of the year.
Source: ABC News
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Collectables: ''The Princess and the Frog'' Limited Edition print by Thomas Kinkade |
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Discover a dream come true with the brand new
''The Princess and the Frog'' Limited Edition Framed Print by Thomas Kinkade . Says the artist, ''In my painting I wanted to suggest the look of traditional animation yet maintain the sense of painterly mood that my work is known for. I lavished detail into the bayou flowers glowing with hidden fireflies, as well as the curving live oak draped with lacey Spanish moss. The characters of the movie swirl about the composition, inviting us to ponder the part each plays in the story.''
''The Princess and the Frog'' by Thomas Kinkade, printed on archival paper, comes in a golden wood frame and is available in two sizes - image size 12'' x 18'' - Limited Edition of 795 (framed size 25'' x 31'') and the bigger image size 18'' x 27'' - Limited Edition of 995 (framed size 32'' x 41''). A certificate of Authenticity denotes that this is a genuine piece of Thomas Kinkade art. Part of the Disney Discoveries Collection by Thomas Kinkade. Check it out at the Disney Store by clicking the image below.

''The Princess and the Frog'' Limited Edition Framed Print by Thomas Kinkade
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