Tiana Essays

Introduction Disney Waltz Company is a well-known brand in the entertainment industry which focuses on young girls mainly. Its princess franchise has become world phenomenal and influential among the girls due to the exhilarating line story depicted in every movies. In 2009, Disney managed to raise 4 billion of profits through its products sold from the princess franchise (Johnson 2015), proving itself as the leading brand among kids. The insertion of moral values has gained the acceptance of parents

Princess Tiana as a device to further other Black People from the white status quo. In this essay I will be looking at the Disney movie The Princess and the Frog (2009), more precisely the depiction of its lead, princess Tiana. I will show how the depiction of princess Tiana furthers racial othering. The princess and the Frog is loosely based on the Frog Prince (original title: Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich), widely known through the Brothers Grimm’s folk and fairytale collection

female whose modified name is Tiana Santos. I provided therapeutic casework services to Tiana for a year in my previous role as a Therapeutic Caseworker at the Children’s Village, a foster care agency. Tiana was placed in foster care after been removed from her mother’s care due to emotional and physical abuse. Tiana’s father abandoned her mother and her youngest sibling when she was 5 years old. Tiana’s memories about her father were very limited due to her young age. Tiana described her father as a

Princess Tiana is a character I am very fond of based on her hard work mentality and unique desire to own her own restaurant when she grows up. Although she encounters many hardships, she ultimately gains from these trials and becomes more successful than she imagined. Her family supports her and her dreams to have her own family restaurant one day. Working so hard, she often fails to let herself have fun. Although naïve Tiana accidentally turns herself into a frog, this incident is where her

In Tiana Peele’s “Alzheimer’s: The Forgotten Issue” published by the University of Delaware Peele attempts to raise awareness of the forgotten issue of Alzheimer’s. Undoubtedly, Peele is drawn to this subject at matter because her grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This disease happens to be a form of Dementia and causes memory and intellectual abilities to deteriorate. Some of the early symptoms include short-term memory loss, and behavior changes. Furthermore, as one progresses into the

Musker. The Princess and the Frog was successful at the box-office, grossing about $267 million worldwide. At the 82nd Academy Awards, the film received three Academy Awards nominations, Best Animated Feature and another tow were Best Original Song. Tiana is a young women who works very hard to earn money to buy and open a restaurant. One day, Prince Naveen has arrived to New Orleans to solve his financial problem by marry a rich southern belle, Charlotte due to his parents had cut off his fund. Naveen

It says, “Importantly, both Michelle Obama and Tiana are princesses because they wed princes.” Again, it is understandable to say this because they are both African American, like proved before, they are not the FIRST “princesses” to only be royal by marriage. Lester points out that Tiana’s hair is in

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

in order to get her happily ever after. Without a prince, she is nothing. In “The Princess and the Frog” the gender roles are presented to us as equal, even reverse at times. Tiana, the main protagonist of the movie, is a young woman pursuing her dream of running a largely successful restaurant. Throughout the movie, Tiana repeatedly rejects the idea of needing a man, or anyone for the matter. She believes solely in hard work and determination. As a child, when reading the story

Does Disney’s use of AAVE strip Tiana of her African American Identity? When you think of Disney what comes to mind? Most of us would say princesses, magic, castles, fairy tales, happily ever afters. These all may be true, but one important feature is lacking from this list, stripped identities. According to critics of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), the exaggerated use of it reinforces African American stereotypes. (Rickford 14-15). Elements of AAVE are found throughout the Disney

values, ethnocentrism, differential association, and The movie Princess and the Frog is about a very hard working girl named Tiana. Tiana has always dreamed of opening her own restaurant on day. Everything changes one day when she meets the young and handsome Prince Naveen, who was magically turned into a frog by an evil voodoo man named The Shadow Man. Prince Naveen thought Tiana was a Princess and was hoping she could break a

of the film, The Princess and the Frog, featuring the first African-American Disney princess, Tiana. For Disney this film was the response to the accusation of racism and sexism represented in its animation. Also, it was filled with African American parents’ anticipation and excitement who longed for a non-stereotypical black woman on the screen (Breaux, 2010, p. 399). The movie is about a waitress, Tiana who strives to open her own restaurant

into a frog so he could rule over New Orleans, because the shadow man worked for the other side. The other side is filled with demons and evil things and when they come to help him they come as shadows. Dr. Facilier was killed by the shadows when Tiana smashed the amulet in the graveyard after

could be seen as hiding racism through a portrayal of an unrealistic images. Any rendition of an African American princess is refreshing and progressive in terms of mirroring cultural values and ideologies, however, it could be seen that Princess Tiana is rather a misreport of African Americans, which could have damaging effects. The disturbing truth emerges that our history is so filled with racism, that it has caused Disney to have a lack of emphasis on racial issues in films such as

Most of them choose the honest but difficult way like Tiana. Honesty is the key to success. They feel that in order to let people trust them completely, they must first to be honest. An honest person can always achieve their goals easily because people will gladly help you. ‘An honest person can always achieve

Movie Analysis: The Princess and the Frog As the first Disney movie with an African American princess as the main protagonist, The Princess and the Frog showcases how intercultural communication and aspects that affect it can translate into a story. While the movie has tried its best to popularize and commercialize the idea of an African American Disney Princess, it has done so with some shortcomings. After briefly describing the intercultural communication method in the movie and acknowledging

Frog is about a hardworking and humble girl named Tiana who dreams about one day owning her own restaurant. There’s a twist to this when she meets Prince Naveen when he is in the form of a frog because of the shadow man Dr. Facilier. Since she has a nice ball gown on when they meet, Naveen mistakes her for a princess and thinks that if he kisses her, it will break the spell and he will turn back into a man. This doesn’t happen, however. Instead, Tiana turns into a frog and this starts an adventure as

Princess, a poor African-American named Tiana. Her mother works as a dressmaker for her best friend 's, a privileged white girls, father. Her friend’s family host a party one night and for Prince Naveen, when a magician turns the Prince into a frog. Prince Naveen convinces Tiana that if she would kiss him, he would turn back into a Prince and he would help her open her own restaurant. Well, after the kiss not only did Prince Naveen not turn back into a Prince, but Tiana was suddenly a frog. The two of them

The princess and the frog is a very old story that dates back all the way to 1812. It was originally titled The frog prince. The frog princess is a beautifully classic story about a princess who loses her ball in a pond, she makes a deal with a talking frog that if he shall get her ball she will let him eat her food, sleep in her bed, and stay with her. They did this for 3 nights before the frog turned back into a human. The remake in 2009 was renamed the princess and the frog. The remake was about

the movie is because her father is the “King” of the Mardi Gras parade. Tiana character role in the movie and how she became a princess is a major reason why so many people are against Disney and the making of this movie. Gregory stated that “Tiana is cast as unlikely princess: a young black woman living in segregated black New Orleans” (442). This mostly because of the time period and the location the movie was made in. Tiana is a very different type of princess because of how she became one. She