Disney's The Princess And The Frog Summary

In the introduction of “Disney’s The Princess and the Frog: The Pride, the Pressure, and the Politics of Being a First,’ written by Neal A. Lester, the reader would believe that the whole article is about tearing Disney down. By his introduction it would appear that the article would be consumed with every idea that Disney is racist and can only manage to create a white princess without any criticism. His thesis statement indicates that Disney rules over all cultural constructs such as race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. The article goes back and forth between critics calling Disney racist and African American mothers saying that the movie is wonderful and not racist at all. Lester never picks a definite side to stick to in his argument and he also gives false information about previous princesses.

He talks about how the problem is not with the race of the princess but with princesses in general. Inserted in the article is a quotation from a blogger who is challenging girls to not pay any attention to princesses at all but to create their own self-image. It is agreeable, but honestly has nothing to do with the whole article. Lester cites a few parents, African American and Caucasian, who love the movie regardless of what is being said about it. These remarks are followed by many quotations from people who hate the movie and believe it should be boycotted. One area pointed out multiple times in the article is that Tiana had to get permission from Charlotte to marry Naveen. However, this is not the case at all. Charlotte volunteers herself to kiss Naveen while he is still a frog so that Tiana can marry him. He claims that the prince was rude to Tiana the entire movie and that was an insult to black men and women. Yet, if he says earlier in the article that the prince is not black, then how is it an insult to black men? This does not add