July 19, 2008

Can you feel the love OUTRAGE! tonight?

If you look over Disney's animated film history, they are lacking any African-American princesses or heroines.  They sought to change that in a film being released next Christmas, but it's already being attacked as "racially insensitive":

"Disney should be ashamed of what it is trying to pass off as its first black princess," [columnist William Blackburn] said."Despite all its resources and experience, it has failed to create a black princess to rival its predecessors.

"For one, this princess' story is set in New Orleans, the setting of one of the most devastating tragedies to beset a black community. And then they throw in the voodoo theme and an alligator sidekick. When you put New Orleans, alligators and voodoo together, there's no beauty there."

He added that Maddy sounded too similar to Mammy, a name synonymous with the segregated Deep South.

The film was originally titled The Frog Princess, but had to be changed to The Princess and the Frog because of "racism".

Reached for comment, "Rev." Jesse Jackson said that he was catching the first flight to Orlnado to cut off Mickey Mouse's nuts.

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