Disney Sminsey...

Being that I have a baby I now have the excuse to watch Disney movies on repeat without hypercritical grown-ups thinking I am an adult stuck in my childhood, you know the way I see my husband sometimes. Ha! At our house we have a select few that are favorites, at least once a week watch worthy, and sometimes when the old just isn't cutting it we venture into a random pick hoping not for disappointment. Well Disney, you done failed me! Before I lead you through the furry of my thoughts, which I'm sure will end in a bloggers furor; allow me to say how very opinionated I am. For the most part I hold my tongue unless appropriate and unleash the beast aka my thoughts to my husband at a later time, but being how this is MY blog I do what I want, so boom! The happiest place on earth, Disneyland! Since I am such a sucker for romance and find myself hopelessly in love with love you wouldn't be shooting in the dark to say I love Disney princesses. I also love to travel and see new things and meet new people. The wonders of the world are a mystery I wish to unravel in my lifetime. Disney really nailed it in my books making movies on princesses based in all cultures. A magic carpet ride, if you will, taking you to a whole new world (see what I did there, ha). Places I have never been yet at a young age could understand the magnificence through a movie. Mulan, a favorite, based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. Aladdin an Arab folktale, Little Mermaid a Danish fairytale, Pocahontas based on a real historic character the legend that surrounds the Native American woman, Sleeping Beauty & Beauty and the Beast, French fairytales, Snow White & Tangled, German fairytales, and Cinderella a European folk tale. You get my point by now I'm sure. You will see where my frustration now is with the new movie, "The Princess and the Frog" which is based off of the Brothers Grimm, "The Frog Prince." In the case that my underlying point eludes you, the princess in this GERMAN based fairytale is CAUCASIAN! Now that I have pointed out the obvious which somehow soared over the heads of Disney's production crew, my frustration lies here: why take a white man’s tale and slam a black face on it? At this point you may think I am a racist SOB, when in fact, it is quite the opposite. Why out of all the glorious acts in the African culture they are to be marveled in a movie, Caucasian movie, about kissing a frog? There is no triumph in that nor is there any such tale regarding the history of Black folk in this movie. Disappointment to say the least! There was so much controversy over not having a "Black" princess... well, problem solved. Victory, but not really! Furthermore what really fizzed my can was the role of the princess. She was a poor black girl whom worked for rich white people. How cliché! There is such a label on people today and so many play off of it. Poor me, poor me, poor me. NO! You want better, you make better, period! If your formula burns down the kitchen you better start rewriting it. Everyone is a prince/princess you just have to find the crown that fits. Start from the bottom. Make it to the top. Now that's Victory! Paint with all the colors of the wind. Now those are words to live by. Gee, Pocahawtness, that girl has it all figured out! *Come what may and loooove it! :D*