Almost by accident, Disney has built a lucrative $4 billion business upon the frail, anorexic shoulders of Belle, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, and Ariel.Highlights from the article:
"Pocahontas and Mulan [aka the true minorities--Jasmine passes as an exotic brunette] are usually kicked off the throne. Disney says that's because their 'qualities' are different from the others..." Right.
In 2009 the studio will debut the animated film "The Princess and the Frog," featuring its first African-American princess (which is pretty shocking, if you think about the fact that there's already been Asian, Native American and Arab princesses). She's already stirred some controversy —she was originally a lowly chambermaid named Maddy, but after the blogosphere got wind of that, she was promoted to full princess and given a more regal-sounding name: Tiana.
You can't pay for stuff this good, people.
Disney, Disney. Only 40 years behind the movement.
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