Disney gets its first black princess

Is that Dr. John singing?

wtf is with the Cajun firefly?

Poor dental plan. I'm just trying to figure out when there was a Princess in New Orleans. Does it have something to do with Mardi Gras?

I just wish I knew someone with that kind of accent...I'd just have them follow me around and let them talk about whatever

How long has Mulan been in the princesses merchandising?

That actually looks somewhat adorable.

Technically, the Lion King had an African Queen/princess.

Hot news.

You're suppressing the urge to post Disney Princess porn, aren't you?

Is it wrong of me that I half-expected a character to be in blackface in that trailer?

lisa needs braces.

oh, uh, i mean, hmm. what a strange, strange mix of elements.

disneys first black princess, in the year when a black man is taken seriously as a presidential candidate,

set in a new orleans concieved of before katrina,

and the first disney movies in a few years to go back to drawn animation.

hmm

you forgot to mention that it turns out Robert Downey Jr. is actually black, too.

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scylis said:

attn_ho said:

coyotemike said:

Cassiel said:
wtf is with the Cajun firefly?

Poor dental plan.

lisa needs braces.

oh, uh, i mean, hmm. what a strange, strange mix of elements.

disneys first black princess, in the year when a black man is taken seriously as a presidential candidate,

set in a new orleans concieved of before katrina,

and the first disney movies in a few years to go back to drawn animation.

hmm

you forgot to mention that it turns out Robert Downey Jr. is actually black, too.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

those posters crack me up; specifically how the ad compnay insists on blinding white teeth in the middle of a firefight.

Yeah but in the case of the first two, they ended up marrying the prince so they got a free pass to princessland. No idea how Mulan wound up there though, unless it's all a popularity contest.

According to this bit, Pocahontas is, in fact, a part of the club.

Mulan doesn't need to be a princess; she's a hero of her people, which is way better. Plus, she hooked up with the first Disney character with nipples! </inane trivia>

Pretty sure Ariel's dad had them too, then there were the Hercules weird spiral looking nipples. And according to a friend, there were some in Fantasia as well. But I can't be bothered to look. So apparently they'll let anyone in that club nowadays.

Cajun firefly, man.

I'm Cajun. I have all of my teeth.

You know, FYI and stuff.

Part of me hates when movies of any kind are set in NOLA, and part of me loves it. Does anyone else feel that way about movies set in their hometown?

Yes, unless it's a Singaporean movie. Foreign filmmakers always seem to focus on local Asian exotica, which of course conveys next to nothing about life here.

my roommate is from new orleans and can do that accent perfectly whenever he wants. it's pretty much totally awesome to have him around and drunk enough to do it.