Comments on: Afrobella of the Week — Maddy, The Frog Princess

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:30:36 +0000

Snow White and Cinderella are more “feminist” than Belle, Esmeralda and those overrated “feminists”. Feminazism is overrated anyway. But I guess some people will never be satsified. =P

And Alicia Keys?? Seriously?! She’s about as black AND proud of it as apple pie and Michael Jackson.

By: Therese

Therese — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:58:41 +0000

What are you guys talking about? The prince isn’t white.

They wanted to make him a legitimate Prince. Since colonialism was still a HUGE issue in Africa during the time period the film was set, they made up some island nation to make him from (based on ones in the Mediterranean Sea, off of the north coast of Africa) instead of picking some area that was getting continually screwed over by white-run governments.

Would you really want him to have been from the Congo when Belgium was still in charge and chopping off people’s arms for not working in the rubber plantations?

Besides, if he WAS white, (which he isn’t) shouldn’t we be celebrating diversity in relationships? It’s not like it’s unheard of for white and black people to fall in love and get married.

By: Edwina

Edwina — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:17:07 +0000

While I am very happy with the choice of Anika Rose to voice Maddy, I am very unhappy with the Prince being White. There’s plenty to ponder there and I’m sure we haven’t experienced the eye of that storm yet.

By: cashe

cashe — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:20:44 +0000

did u bellas know that her prince is white?

By: The Frog Princess (F-word coverage) | the Hathor Legacy

The Frog Princess (F-word coverage) | the Hathor Legacy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:20:06 +0000

[...] The F Word has some coverage of coverage of The Frog Princess, which will be Disney’s first ever feature starring a black princess. While “yet another princess” isn’t really a step forward for women in general, this film may finally acknowledge that little black girls can be just as pretty, glamorous and worthy of societal elevation as little white girls. Having a Disney Princess with an afro puff means great things for moms who have had to explain to th… [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:55:44 +0000

Just to let you know if you didn’t, Jennifer Lewis won the role of Maddy’s mom.

By: chichi

chichi — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:16:08 +0000

It seems that a lot of people don’t understand what the uproar is about with this movie. Quite a number of you are stating that race shouldn’t be important, and why should it matter if the prince is white or non black–it’s all about being equal and harmonious right? In fact you believe the people that are complaining about a white prince are the real racists, because they wouldn’t complain in the first place. Wrong. Race is important. Why is it that down the line of the Disney princesses (excluding Pocohontas) that their costars or counterparts were of the same race? Why all of a sudden when it comes to the black princess that Disney wants to change it up? It would makes sense to follow the Disney formula or blue print. I tell you why they changed the scheme of things because Disney wanted to send a message. You know what that message is? It is not practical for a black woman and black man relationship to exist. It is not the norm; therefore, a black woman would have to look elsewhere for love for her prince. In addition it is also saying that a black man could never be a prince or atleast a prince to a black woman. Yes we love interracial relationships, but why is it that the first black princess has to compromise herself to find love. It would make more sense for a white princess to have an interracial relationship first since we’ve already seen her have her white prince. Yes I am glad that Disney thought to have a black princess, but I am certainly not thankful. If they’re going to have a black princess they should present it in the right way. Also just like how I want my daughter to be able to identify with a princess, I want the same for my son. You mean to tell me that as a young black man that he can’t have someone to identify with and that he can’t be a prince. Mulan didn’t have this much controversy because the people that put that project together were knowledgeable about the history, and presented the story in a way that was uplifting to the asian community; however, with this project the people behind it don’t seem to have the same vigiliance. From the start there have been many problems as if they just decided to do the movie without doing their homework and it shows. It is very unfortunate because I have grown up watching Disney movies and looked forward to the fruitation of finally having a black princess, but I will not support this movie because of the damaging message that it is sending. There are beautiful black relationships.

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A Doll For Baby Z | afrobella — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:59:50 +0000

[...] someone might want to let Angelina know that Disney’s first African-American princess movie, The Princess and The Frog, will be released in November 2009. And her name has been changed [...]

By: Amelia

Amelia — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:36:47 +0000

The Frog Princess is a real fairy tale; look it up on Wikipedia if you so desire. It seems a little moronic to complain about the title since Disney is directly basing the movie off of this story; why not have the same title?

Also, why are people making such a big deal about the princess being black and a servant; many princesses, especially the Land fairytales, have started out as a servant type and then elevated themselves to a higher “position”, such as queen or princess. It’s all part of the journey that was so popularized during the time period (Middle Ages) most fairytales were created.

In other words, well said Ryan and unteins!

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First Look at The Princess and the Frog | afrobella — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:53:44 +0000

[...] 2009, but a little teaser just hit the internet. Just wanted to share with you all — the last time I wrote about this film, quite a few of you were excited. And some were understandably ambivalent — given [...]