Posts Tagged ‘ The Princess and the Frog ’

Thank you for returning to Moniqueblog! If you like my content, please follow me @moniqueblognet, on facebook, and email me at mljcollegeblog@gmail.com. Here‘s the full review I wrote when the movie was in theaters, but for for a quick recap of the story, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) wants to open a restaurant in honor...
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If you’ve kept up with my site, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of animation (see interviews with Hey Arnold! creator Craig Bartlett and composer Jim Lang). I’m also a big fan of history, so the history-making animated movie The Princess and the Frog was right up myalley. I was able to catch...
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Ever since it was announced that Disney was creating a movie centered around a black princess, there’s been both happiness and consternation. The anger and fear that Disney would pull some racist stunts allowed for outrageous tantrums; at first, Tiana’s name was “Maddy”, and was changed due to some folks calling racism. Then, her...
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The Princess and the Frog –a story about how a hardworking girl is transformed into a frog-is what you get when you mesh Disney animators’ stellar drawing and character acting with Pixar’s philosophy about telling a non-pandering-to-kids, fun, and realistic story. Of course, I’m not trying to take away from the fact that Disney...
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Yes, more videos! Here’s a couple of really good ones I found from trusty YouTube. I’ve only been to Disney World once, and even then, I only went to Epcot, so I don’t know exactly which park these videos are from. But, that shouldn’t deter you from enjoying these videos anyway! (At least I...
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First–why couldn’t cool stuff like this happen when I was at Disney World for vacation? I saw nothing except for Snow White and one dwarf. Everyone else must have either been at The Magic Kingdom or on their off day; it was Sunday, after all. Second–I wish I could’ve been at the park on...
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This is probably old news to some of you guys, but I didn’t know Tiana and Naveen were already in the Disney on Ice program! For those of you who didn’t know this, watch their numbers below:
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Now, I know Disney couldn’t see into the future and be able to plan The Princess and the Frog to premiere in the same year that Barack Obama was elected as the first president of African descent, but fate and providence would have it so. Since this is the case, are there any similarities...
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Today, I got the opportunity to read two of the many The Princess and the Frog books, The Princess and the Frog: Tiana’s Royal Ball and The Art of The Princess and the Frog. Both were a joy to read and should belong on anyone’s shelf, whether you are a collector of African-American art...
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Ever since Disney announced they were going to make The Princess and the Frog, the first animated movie featuring a black princess, there has been chatter, and quite a bit of it has been negative. People have had problems with Princess Tiana’s original name, Maddy, and her original occupation, a chambermaid, as well as...
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