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Well, the “The Pricess and the Frog” opened quite a long time ago, didn’t it? And I was supposed to write a review…and what I ended up doing was falling into a pit of Thesis Doom instead. Neat, no? But! I do have some interesting things to say about the movie which I think are still relevant all these months after the fact.
It's Hard Out There for a Princess
First of all, most of what can be said about “The Princess and the Frog” has in fact been said. The animation is gorgeous. The songs are sweet, but not stellar (with the exception of Tiana’s “Almost There.”) For the most part, Disney handled Tiana’s race and the issues she faces because of it by not handling it at all..with a few small exceptions (such as Tiana being refused a loan because of her “condition.”)
For an excellent perspective on the movie’s good and bad, I recommend that you read Racialicious’ post on the subject here as well as here.
Now here’s what I think is interesting! That *servant* storyline! Remember that? Remember how i did a post on that wayyyyyy back? Well I personally thought that how that turned out was one of the more interesting parts of the entire movie… Read the rest of this entry »
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dwarves and Elves!
We’re back. Again! From one of our long blog holidays we’re always having. Two things are of note today:
1. One of our readers made us aware of an interesting Little Red Riding Hood T-Shirt that’s floating around out there. It’s over at Ripdapparel.com:
Little Red Riding Hood: Caperucita Feroz
Rather wicked, no? The shirt is called “Little Ferocious Riding Hood,” and I do rather like it. It’s on sale for the next 11 hours, so go check it out while you still can!
Second: Catie is graduating tomorrow! And I am graduating…in three weeks. But! This means wonderful things, people: it means that there will be posts. Lots of posts. Especially in the coming year, when Dae will be moving to Vietnam to teach English and study Vietnamese folk culture. Want to learn more about Vietnamese fairy tales? Great! So do I!
Expect more in the coming days…
Laters, elves…
