Posted on 01/09/2010 4:05:05 PM PST by ct_libertarian
With Gumbo and Tabasco, Jazz and Zydeco, Mardi Gras and Voodoo, Disney's new animated adaptation of the Brother's Grimm classic, “The Frog Prince”, comes to the screen. Set in the New Orleans of Huey Long's Louisiana, “The Princess and The Frog” is the first hand drawn, full-length feature from Disney in over five years. However, the retro art and the vibrant culture fail to breathe life back into a story which the Disney studio itself smothered with its PC navel gazing. In fact, the studio's obsession with not offending the perpetually offended PC police seems to have trumped other considerations. The vibrant culture of New Orleans was reduced to a cliché of trimming and trappings which served only to carry the story. The impressiveness of the hand drawn art was reduced to moments of glitter and flash. And, in the end, the PC police were still offended and so should be some of the intended audience.
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The funny thing is, the key to PC... is to only use white people.... LOL.....
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