Disney's First Black Princess

[BabyPiNK_FL]

This movie really doesn't sound very princessy to me. And they put it in New Orleans, it would mean a lot more to me had they done it in Africa because they do have princesses there.

But, I'll take what I can get...I really want to see someone who looks like me be a Disney princess! (As long as Beyonce is in no way shape or form involved with the project and no one in the movie is referred to as Mammy or named Jemima! Missus, however is acceptable!)

[adpi*violet]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

This movie really doesn't sound very princessy to me. And they put it in New Orleans, it would mean a lot more to me had they done it in Africa because they do have princesses there.

I agree! I may not be black, but for years I've been thinking that Disney should do an animated film set in Africa, with PEOPLE and a proper African princess. Not lions, warthogs and meerkats (though Lion King was good).

[texas*princess]

From Answers.com

Character list
Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Cinderella (Cinderella)
Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Princess Ariel (The Little Mermaid)
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Princess Jasmine (Aladdin)
Pocahontas (Pocahontas)
Mulan (Mulan)
On the Princess Collection 2 CD songs by Meg (Hercules), Maid Marian (Robin Hood) and Nala (The Lion King) are included as well.

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One major criticism of the Disney Princess line is that Mulan is not a princess as she is neither being born or having married into royalty. Mulan does not become a princess at any point since her love interest is not a member of royalty. Similarly, most "Disney Princess" material relating to Belle depicts her world as it was before the Beast became human and, thus, before she was, presumably, married to him.

Similarly, Princess Eilonwy (The Black Cauldron) and Princess Kida (Atlantis: The Lost Empire) are excluded from the line, despite both being real princesses. The main reason for this is the fact that both Atlantis: The Lost Empire and The Black Cauldron were critical failures and therefore not popular to both consumers' and Disney's eyes. Princess Tiger Lily (Peter Pan) is also excluded, possibly because she provides competition for Wendy. Lastly, Megara (Meg), the wife of Hercules, is not included. Though not portrayed as one in Disney’s Hercules, in mythology Megara is the princess of Thebes. In any case she is the wife of a son of King Zeus, which would seem equal to the status of a princess.

[tld221]

so then Pocahontas wasnt a princess either - she got with the John Smith guy who was trying to take things over, right?

(i was like 9 when this movie came out so the details are fuzzy)

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by tld221

so then Pocahontas wasnt a princess either - she got with the John Smith guy who was trying to take things over, right?

(i was like 9 when this movie came out so the details are fuzzy)

I think she was the princess of her tribe? but i don't remember them getting married? i haven't seen it since it first came out, so the details are fuzzy on my side too

[Drolefille]

She married John Rolfe in real life and I think maybe kinda sorta the second Pocahontas movie. Her father was chief of the tribe thus making her an "Indian princess" to the extent such things existed.

[Honeykiss1974]

Here is a trailer of the new Disney princess movie with Anika Noni Rose supplying the voice of the Princess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0j7EactM9s

What do you think?

[BabyPiNK_FL]

They changed the name to Tiana and she's no longer a chamber maid for those who are still wondering.

It'll be interesting to see. I'm very excited. It really shouldn't have taken them this long to put something like this out.