The Princess and the Frog

Movie Review: Tangled

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Disney's new film Tangled -- the studio's fiftieth animated feature -- manages to be romantic, musical, moving -- and outstandingly funny. Don't skip it simply because it's made in computer-animated 3D.

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Movie Review: Waking Sleeping Beauty

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

A documentary that takes you behind the curtain to show the magic being made, Waking Sleeping Beauty still manages to dazzle because of the complex, utterly human story it tells.

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Is Tiana the Tipping Point? What Is Known About the Prevalence of Black Characters in Popular Film

Stacy Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stacy Smith

A black Disney Princess in The Princess and the Frog might create a false perception among the public that racial equality has been attained in the film industry.

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Disney's First Black Fairy Tale: More Frog than Princess

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sophia A. Nelson

I thought Disney's Princess and the Frog was the worst fairy tale I have ever seen in my life. I walked away disturbed and frankly dismayed as a modern 21st century black woman.

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Princess And The Frog: Disney Ditches Computers For Hand-Drawn Animation

wsj.com | ETHAN SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The Princess and the Frog," Walt Disney Co.'s first hand-animated feature film in nearly six years, is a gamble by the studio that audiences will res...

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Losing Leumi: A Child's Transitional Object

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 11.17.2011

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SaraKay Smullens

Leumi is Stella's transitional object, which means that it is an object which represents a connection to her mother, helping her to endure separation until she learns she can, simply put, endure separation.

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Oprah Winfrey To Voice Character In Disney Movie "Princess And The Frog"

Hollywood Reporter | Borys Kit | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oprah Winfrey has joined the voice cast of the upcoming Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog." At a Disney presentation in Hollywood on We...

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It's Hard Out Here For a Princess

Daniel Holloway | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Holloway

Disney's plans for hand-drawn animation are unclear, with only one project currently announced: The Princess and the Frog, a musical set in New Orleans that is scheduled to premiere in December 2009.

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