...Wait... Disney... What? - Page 4

phil_ · 04-02-2009, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Seil

Mauve, what about Mulan? Think about a woman's role in ancient China and stuff!

We covered that ~~last page~~ on page two, Seil. There were, like, five posts about it.

As for The Frog Prince, eh, I could care less what activists think as long as they're not banging down my door. If someone could point out an instance of a Disney movie causing a riot, I might be concerned to the point of dropping the "eh" of my previous sentence.

Kaneda · 04-02-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Viridis

At one point, Yzma in the Emperor's New Groove was going to have her own dramatic villain song.

I didn't realize that they already cast Eartha Kitt and recorded songs back when they were still going to make it a serious movie with a villain trying to steal the sun. That must have been a nightmarish production.

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Originally Posted by Nique

Ah the joys of social programming. This 'love at first sight' thing really needs to be avoided anymore becuase that sure isn't making the divorce rate go down.

They have worked on that since The Little Mermaid. Beauty and the Beast is probably the best example of the opposite of that odd habit of Disney characters.

POS Industries · 04-02-2009, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by phil_

If someone could point out an instance of a Disney movie causing a riot, I might be concerned to the point of dropping the "eh" of my previous sentence.

Martial law had to be declared after people went to see "Snow Dogs," only to find that the dogs only talked in one scene as opposed to throughout the entire movie as the commercials had implied. Granted, this made it a slightly less retarded movie in the end, but middle America didn't care.

They.... They just didn't care....

The Wizard Who Did It · 04-02-2009, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Shyria Dracnoir

Also, has anyone heard of the latest stink around "The Princess and the Frog"? Something about keeping the prince white even though the 'princess' as it were, is black? I swear, I saw an article about this recently either on MSN, Aol, or Yahoo news but I don't remember exactly where.

Honestly, people get up in arms about the stupidest things. Like barely noticeable and hardly pronounced glowing blue wangs.

That said, it's entirely possible to make a racism related stink about anything.

2 white people getting married? There's no black people, this is keeping the people down!
A white and a black person getting married? So you say that black people have to elevate themselves to marry white people!
2 black people getting married? Well I guess white people are too good for black people!

Such important issues tend come up in the subtext of works, which a lot of people seem to neglect.

Magus · 04-02-2009, 07:36 PM

Actually, Disney should move into the 21st century and have there be a love triangle in The Princess and the Frog where the self-actualized black woman has to choose between the white European suitor (who has been turned into the frog) and her childhood friend, who is also black (and has also been turned into a frog).

Then she ends up choosing both and they all get married to each other in a bigamous relationship, defying society's conforming restrictions on who we can love, and how many people.

Regulus Tera · 04-02-2009, 08:08 PM

^^^Make both princes princesses and then I'll go watch that.

Magus · 04-02-2009, 08:46 PM

I think a lot of people would go watch that. I know I would.

Seil · 04-03-2009, 05:14 AM

Watching Hunchback again gives note to Frollo snifing Esmeralda.

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Viridis · 04-03-2009, 05:24 AM

Can you imagine the amount of PC screaming if Disney tried something like that in a current movie?

What toned them down in the last decade or so?

04-02-2009, 07:36 PM	#35
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Actually, Disney should move into the 21st century and have there be a love triangle in The Princess and the Frog where the self-actualized black woman has to choose between the white European suitor (who has been turned into the frog) and her childhood friend, who is also black (and has also been turned into a frog). Then she ends up choosing both and they all get married to each other in a bigamous relationship, defying society's conforming restrictions on who we can love, and how many people. __________________ The Valiant Review

04-02-2009, 08:46 PM	#37
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	I think a lot of people would go watch that. I know I would. __________________ The Valiant Review

04-02-2009, 08:08 PM	#36
Regulus Tera lol i dont even know Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,271	^^^Make both princes princesses and then I'll go watch that.

04-03-2009, 05:14 AM	#38
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Watching Hunchback again gives note to Frollo snifing Esmeralda. >>

04-03-2009, 05:24 AM	#39
Viridis oh, what fun we will have! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 1,773	Can you imagine the amount of PC screaming if Disney tried something like that in a current movie? What toned them down in the last decade or so?