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The Princess and the Frog · Verbal Diorama

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Hi
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everyone.
4:59
I'm
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Em.
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And
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welcome
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to
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Verbal
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Diorama,
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episode
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331,
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The
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Princess
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and
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the
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Frog.
5:05
This
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is
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a
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podcast
5:06
that's
5:06
all
5:06
about
5:07
the
5:07
history
5:07
and
5:07
legacy
5:07
of
5:08
movies
5:08
you
5:08
know,
5:08
and
5:09
movies
5:09
you
5:09
don't
5:10
that's
5:10
got
5:10
friends
5:11
on
5:11
the
5:11
other
5:11
side
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of
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the
5:13
world,
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not
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the
5:14
afterlife.
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Welcome
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to
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Verbal
5:17
Diorama.
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Whether
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you're
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a
5:18
regular
5:18
returning
5:19
listener,
5:19
whether
5:19
you're
5:19
a
5:19
brandbrand-newnewlistenertothispodcast,thankyousomuch
5:21
for
5:21
being
5:22
here.
5:22
Thank
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you
5:23
so
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much
5:23
for
5:23
choosing
5:23
to
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listen
5:24
to
5:24
this
5:24
podcast.
5:25
I'm
5:25
so
5:25
happy
5:25
to
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have
5:26
you
5:26
here
5:26
for
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the
5:26
history
5:26
and
5:27
legacy
5:27
of
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Princess
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and
5:28
the
5:29
Frog.
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And
5:30
if
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you
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are
5:31
a
5:31
returning
5:31
listener,
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thank
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you
5:32
so
5:32
much
5:32
for
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continuing
5:33
to
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listen
5:34
and
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support
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this
5:35
podcast.
5:36
This
5:36
podcast
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is
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very
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almost
5:37
seven
5:37
years
5:38
old.
5:38
In
5:38
fact,
5:38
the
5:39
next
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episodes
5:40
are
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going
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to
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be
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the
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seventh
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birthday
5:41
episodes.
5:42
That's
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how
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close
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I
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am
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to
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doing
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this
5:44
podcast
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for
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seven
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years
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and
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as
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always,
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I'm
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just
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so
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grateful
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to
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you
5:49
for
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your
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support.
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It
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really
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genuinely
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does
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mean
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so
5:52
much.
5:52
And
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no,
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I
5:54
don't
5:54
know
5:54
how
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I've
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done
5:54
a
5:55
podcast
5:55
for
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seven
5:55
years.
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Like
5:56
the
5:57
last
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seven
5:57
years
5:58
has
5:58
just
5:59
gone
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by
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so
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quickly,
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but
6:02
somehow
6:02
I
6:02
have
6:02
and
6:03
somehow
6:03
people
6:03
still
6:04
listen
6:04
to
6:04
this
6:04
podcast.
6:05
So
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thank
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you
6:06
so
6:06
much
6:07
and
6:07
once
6:08
again,
6:08
welcome
6:09
to
6:09
the
6:09
sixth
6:09
annual
6:10
animation
6:10
season.
6:11
If
6:12
you've
6:12
not
6:12
been
6:13
a
6:13
part
6:13
of
6:13
this
6:13
podcast
6:14
before,
6:14
if
6:14
you're
6:14
new
6:15
to
6:15
this
6:15
podcast,
6:16
this
6:16
is
6:16
something
6:17
that
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I
6:17
do
6:17
every
6:17
January
6:18
and
6:18
February.
6:19
This
6:20
season
6:20
we've
6:21
had
6:21
episodes
6:22
on
6:22
Monsters,
6:22
Inc.
6:23
KPop,
6:23
Demon
6:24
Hunters,
6:25
Paprika
6:25
and
6:26
Teenage
6:26
Mutant
6:27
Ninja
6:27
Turtles.
6:27
Mutant
6:28
Mayhem.
6:29
A
6:29
wide
6:29
variety
6:30
of
6:30
animated
6:31
movies
6:31
from
6:32
different
6:32
studios
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and
6:33
different
6:34
time
6:34
periods.
6:35
I'm
6:35
a
6:35
huge
6:36
fan
6:36
of
6:36
animated
6:36
movies
6:37
and
6:37
this
6:38
podcast
6:38
is
6:39
always
6:39
going
6:39
to
6:39
talk
6:39
about
6:39
animated
6:40
movies
6:41
and
6:41
I
6:41
genuinely
6:42
believe
6:42
that
6:42
more
6:42
podcasts
6:43
should
6:43
talk
6:43
about
6:44
animated
6:44
movies
6:44
because
6:45
animation
6:46
is
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not
6:46
just
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for
6:47
children.
6:47
Animation
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is
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not
6:48
a
6:48
genre.
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It
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is
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the
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perfect
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art
6:50
form.
6:50
And
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this
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is
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really
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a
6:51
celebration
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of
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animation
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in
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all
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of
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its
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forms.
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The
6:55
traditional
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2D
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hand
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drawn
6:56
that
6:56
we
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see
6:57
in
6:57
the
6:57
Princess
6:57
and
6:57
the
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Frog,
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as
6:58
well
6:58
as
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stop
6:59
motion
6:59
and
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CGI
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and
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a
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variety
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of
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different
7:02
animation
7:02
styles.
7:03
Animation
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season
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remains
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so
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important
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to
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me
7:06
and
7:06
so
7:06
important
7:06
to
7:07
this
7:07
podcast
7:08
because
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I
7:08
want
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to
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highlight
7:09
incredible
7:10
animated
7:10
movies
7:11
that
7:12
maybe
7:12
you've
7:13
forgotten
7:13
about,
7:14
maybe
7:14
you
7:14
discounted
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for
7:15
whatever
7:15
reason,
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but
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you're
7:17
missing
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out
7:17
on
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incredible
7:19
storytelling
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and
7:19
incredible
7:20
visuals.
7:20
And
7:21
that's
7:21
why
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I
7:21
love
7:21
to
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do
7:22
this
7:22
every
7:22
January
7:23
and
7:23
February.
7:24
And
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whether
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it's
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the
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start
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of
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the
7:26
Disney
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revival
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era
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or
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not,
7:28
the
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Princess
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and
7:29
the
7:29
Frog's
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very
7:30
existence
7:30
is
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ironically
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down
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to
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Pixar,
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not
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Disney.
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But
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despite
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it
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containing
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the
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first
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black
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Disney
7:36
princess,
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it
7:38
wouldn't
7:38
be
7:38
without
7:39
its
7:39
many
7:39
controversies.
7:41
Here's
7:41
the
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trailer
7:42
for
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the
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Princess
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and
7:43
the
7:43
Frog.
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In
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1926
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New
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Orleans,
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Tiana
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has
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grown
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into
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a
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strong
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willed,
9:35
independent
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young
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woman
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with
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instilled
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values
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of
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hard
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work
9:39
and
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determination
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from
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her
9:40
parents,
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especially
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her
9:42
late
9:42
father.
9:43
After
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working
9:44
multiple
9:44
jobs
9:44
to
9:45
scrimp
9:45
and
9:45
save,
9:45
she
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finally
9:46
has
9:46
enough
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to
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buy
9:47
her
9:47
dream
9:48
restaurant,
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but
9:49
is
9:49
outbid
9:50
at
9:50
the
9:50
last
9:50
minute.
9:51
After
9:51
wishing
9:51
on
9:52
a
9:52
star
9:52
to
9:52
find
9:52
a
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way,
9:53
she
9:53
comes
9:54
across
9:54
a
9:54
frog.
9:55
And
9:55
after
9:55
the
9:55
childhood
9:56
stories
9:56
of
9:57
the
9:57
frog
9:57
prince,
9:58
she
9:58
kisses
9:58
the
9:59
frog
9:59
only
9:59
to
9:59
be
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turned
10:00
into
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a
10:00
frog
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herself.
10:02
The
10:02
frog
10:02
is
10:03
Prince
10:03
Naveen,
10:04
who
10:04
has
10:04
been
10:04
turned
10:05
into
10:05
a
10:05
frog
10:05
by
10:05
the
10:06
evil
10:06
shadow
10:06
man,
10:07
Dr.
10:07
Vasilier,
10:08
and
10:08
together
10:09
they
10:09
must
10:09
figure
10:09
out
10:10
how
10:10
to
10:10
break
10:10
the
10:11
spell.
10:12
Let's
10:12
run
10:13
through
10:13
the
10:13
cast
10:13
of
10:13
this
10:14
movie.
10:14
We
10:15
have
10:15
Anika
10:16
Noni
10:16
Rose
10:16
as
10:17
Tiana,
10:17
Bruno
10:18
Campos
10:19
as
10:19
Prince
10:19
Naveen,
10:20
Keith
10:21
David
10:21
as
10:21
Dr.
10:22
Facilier,
10:23
Michael-Leon
10:23
Woolley
10:24
as
10:24
Lewis,
10:25
Jennifer
10:26
Cody
10:26
as
10:26
Charlotte
10:27
LeBoeuf,
10:28
Jim
10:28
Cummings
10:29
as
10:29
Ray,
10:30
Peter
10:30
Bartlett
10:31
as
10:31
Lawrence,
10:32
Jennifer
10:33
Lewis
10:33
as
10:33
Mama
10:34
Odie,
10:35
Oprah
10:35
Winfrey
10:36
as
10:36
Eudora,
10:37
Terrence
10:37
Howard
10:38
as
10:38
James
10:39
and
10:39
John
10:39
Goodman
10:40
as
10:40
Eli
10:41
Big
10:41
Daddy
10:41
LaBeouf
10:43
the
10:43
Princess
10:43
and
10:43
the
10:44
Frog
10:44
has
10:44
a
10:44
screenplay
10:45
by
10:45
Ron
10:45
Clements,
10:46
John
10:46
Musker
10:47
and
10:47
Rob
10:47
Edwards.
10:48
A
10:48
story
10:49
by
10:49
Ron
10:49
Clements,
10:50
John
10:50
Musker,
10:51
Greg
10:51
Erb
10:51
and
10:52
Jason
10:52
Oremland
10:53
was
10:53
directed
10:54
by
10:54
Ron
10:54
Clements
10:55
and
10:55
John
10:55
Musker
10:56
and
10:56
was
10:57
based
10:57
on
10:57
the
10:57
Frog
10:57
Princess
10:58
by
10:58
E.D.
10:59
Baker
10:59
and
11:00
the
11:00
Frog
11:00
Prince
11:00
by
11:01
the
11:01
Brothers
11:01
Grimm.
11:03
So
11:03
after
11:03
five
11:03
years
11:04
of
11:04
not
11:04
making
11:05
traditionally
11:05
hand
11:05
drawn
11:06
animated
11:06
movies,
11:07
Disney
11:07
released
11:08
the
11:08
Princess
11:09
and
11:09
the
11:09
Frog
11:09
in
11:09
2009.
11:10
A
11:11
return
11:11
to
11:12
the
11:12
traditional
11:12
2D
11:13
hand
11:13
drawn
11:13
animation
11:14
that
11:15
had
11:15
built
11:15
Disney's
11:16
legacy
11:16
as
11:16
an
11:16
animation
11:17
studio,
11:18
only
11:18
to
11:18
then
11:19
reverse
11:19
the
11:19
decision
11:20
yet
11:20
again.
11:21
How
11:21
did
11:21
we
11:21
get
11:22
to
11:22
that
11:22
point?
11:22
Well,
11:23
as
11:23
I
11:23
said,
11:23
it
11:24
involves
11:24
Pixar,
11:25
who
11:25
are
11:25
undoubtedly
11:26
the
11:26
cause
11:26
of
11:27
the
11:27
change
11:27
in
11:27
the
11:27
first
11:28
place,
11:28
but
11:28
also
11:29
the
11:29
reason
11:29
Disney
11:30
returned
11:30
to
11:30
2D
11:31
animation.
11:32
So
11:32
let's
11:32
talk
11:32
about
11:33
it.
11:34
After
11:34
dominating
11:35
the
11:35
early
11:35
to
11:35
mid-90s
11:36
with
11:36
hits
11:36
like
11:37
the
11:37
Lion
11:37
King,
11:37
Aladdin
11:38
and
11:38
Beauty
11:39
and
11:39
the
11:39
Beast,
11:39
Disney's
11:40
animation
11:41
fortunes
11:41
began
11:42
declining.
11:43
The
11:43
death
11:43
of
11:43
President
11:44
Frank
11:44
Wells
11:45
in
11:45
1994
11:46
removed
11:47
a
11:47
stabilising
11:47
force
11:48
and
11:48
the
11:48
departure
11:49
of
11:49
Jeffrey
11:49
Katzenberg,
11:50
who
11:51
went
11:51
on
11:51
to
11:51
Co
11:51
found
11:51
DreamWorks,
11:52
created
11:53
instability
11:54
in
11:54
the
11:54
executive
11:55
ranks.
11:56
Starting
11:57
in
11:57
around
11:57
2000,
11:58
Disney
11:59
released
11:59
a
11:59
string
12:00
of
12:00
box
12:00
office
12:00
failures
12:01
including
12:02
the
12:02
Emperor's
12:03
New
12:03
Groove,
12:03
Treasure
12:04
Planet,
12:05
the
12:05
Lost
12:06
Empire
12:06
and
12:06
Home
12:07
on
12:07
the
12:07
Range,
12:08
three
12:08
of
12:08
which
12:09
are
12:09
previous
12:09
episodes
12:10
of
12:10
this
12:10
podcast.
12:11
Let
12:11
me
12:11
tell
12:11
you,
12:12
I
12:12
have
12:12
not
12:12
done
12:12
an
12:13
episode
12:13
on
12:13
Home
12:13
on
12:13
the
12:14
Range.
12:14
Nero
12:15
and
12:15
Stitch
12:15
and
12:16
Brother
12:16
Bear
12:16
were
12:17
actually
12:17
financially
12:18
successful
12:18
during
12:18
this
12:19
period,
12:19
but
12:20
generally
12:20
there
12:20
were
12:21
more
12:21
misses
12:21
than
12:22
hits.
12:23
While
12:23
the
12:23
Emperor's
12:24
New
12:24
Groove,
12:25
Treasure
12:25
Planet
12:26
and
12:26
Atlantis
12:26
the
12:27
Lost
12:27
Empire
12:27
would
12:27
later
12:28
gain
12:28
cult
12:28
followings,
12:29
they
12:30
were
12:30
commercial
12:30
disappointments
12:31
at
12:31
the
12:31
time.
12:32
The
12:32
rise
12:33
of
12:33
Pixar
12:33
and
12:33
DreamWorks
12:34
CGI
12:35
films
12:35
made
12:36
Disney's
12:36
traditional
12:37
animation
12:37
feel
12:38
outdated.
12:39
According
12:39
to
12:39
CEO
12:40
Michael
12:40
Eisner,
12:41
Disney
12:42
had
12:42
been
12:43
distributing
12:43
Pixar's
12:44
films
12:45
since
12:45
1995's
12:46
Toy
12:46
Story,
12:47
and
12:47
these
12:47
were
12:48
far
12:48
more
12:48
profitable
12:49
than
12:49
Disney's
12:49
own
12:50
productions.
12:51
However,
12:51
tensions
12:51
between
12:52
eisner
12:52
and
12:53
Pixar
12:53
CEO
12:54
Steve
12:54
Jobs
12:55
led
12:55
to
12:55
a
12:55
breakdown
12:56
in
12:56
negotiations.
12:57
In
12:58
2004,
12:59
Pixar
12:59
announced
12:59
they
13:00
would
13:00
seek
13:00
other
13:01
distributors
13:01
when
13:02
their
13:02
contract
13:02
expired,
13:03
threatening
13:04
Disney's
13:04
access
13:05
to
13:05
some
13:05
of
13:05
their
13:05
most
13:05
successful
13:06
films.
13:07
But
13:07
with
13:07
Disney
13:08
owning
13:08
the
13:08
rights
13:08
to
13:09
sequels,
13:10
something
13:10
I
13:10
spoke
13:10
about
13:11
most
13:11
recently
13:11
in
13:11
the
13:12
episode
13:12
on
13:12
Monsters
13:12
Inc.
13:13
And
13:13
that
13:13
movie's
13:14
potential
13:14
sequel
13:15
After
13:16
Whim
13:16
on
13:16
the
13:16
Range
13:17
flopped
13:17
in
13:17
2004,
13:18
then
13:19
CEO
13:19
of
13:19
Disney,
13:20
Michael
13:20
Eisner,
13:21
decided
13:21
that
13:22
traditional
13:22
animation
13:23
itself
13:23
was
13:23
the
13:23
problem
13:24
and
13:24
CGI
13:25
was
13:25
the
13:25
future,
13:26
that
13:26
it
13:26
didn't
13:27
matter
13:27
the
13:27
story
13:27
quality
13:28
as
13:28
long
13:29
as
13:29
it
13:29
was
13:29
a
13:29
CG
13:29
movie,
13:30
it
13:30
would
13:30
succeed.
13:31
He
13:32
converted
13:32
Disney's
13:33
animation
13:33
studios
13:34
to
13:34
to
13:34
focus
13:35
on
13:35
computer
13:35
animation,
13:36
sending
13:37
off
13:37
animation
13:37
equipment
13:38
and
13:38
implementing
13:39
massive
13:39
layoffs
13:40
that
13:40
reduced
13:40
staff
13:41
to
13:41
around
13:41
600.
13:42
The
13:43
traditional
13:43
animation
13:44
department
13:44
was
13:44
essentially
13:45
closed
13:45
for
13:45
good
13:46
between
13:46
the
13:46
years
13:47
of
13:47
2003
13:48
and
13:48
2004.
13:49
However,
13:50
this
13:51
decision
13:51
was
13:51
deeply
13:52
unpopular
13:52
within
13:52
the
13:53
company
13:53
and
13:53
contributed
13:54
to
13:54
a
13:55
broader
13:55
crisis.
13:56
Roy
13:56
E.
13:57
Disney,
13:57
Walt
13:58
Disney's
13:58
nephew,
13:59
led
13:59
a
13:59
two
14:00
year
14:00
fight
14:00
to
14:00
oust
14:01
Eisner.
14:02
In
14:02
November
14:02
2003,
14:03
Roy
14:04
E.
14:04
Disney
14:04
resigned
14:05
from
14:05
his
14:05
positions
14:06
as
14:06
vice
14:06
chairman
14:07
and
14:07
chairman
14:07
of
14:07
Walt
14:08
Disney
14:08
Feature
14:08
Animation,
14:09
accusing
14:10
Eisner
14:10
of
14:11
micromanagement
14:12
and
14:12
turning
14:12
Disney
14:13
into
14:13
a
14:14
rapacious,
14:14
soulless
14:15
company.
14:16
He
14:16
and
14:16
board
14:17
member
14:17
Stanley
14:18
Gold
14:18
launched
14:19
a
14:19
campaign
14:19
to
14:19
oust
14:20
eisner.
14:21
At
14:21
the
14:21
2004
14:22
shareholders
14:23
meeting,
14:24
43%
14:25
of
14:25
shareholders
14:26
withheld
14:27
their
14:27
votes
14:27
to
14:27
re
14:28
elect
14:28
Michael
14:28
Eisner,
14:29
and
14:30
Eisner
14:30
announced
14:31
his
14:31
resignation
14:31
in
14:32
March
14:32
2005
14:33
and
14:34
left
14:34
in
14:34
September
14:35
the
14:35
same
14:35
year.
14:36
When
14:37
Bob
14:37
Iger
14:37
became
14:38
CEO
14:38
in
14:38
2005,
14:40
one
14:40
of
14:40
his
14:40
first
14:40
major
14:41
moves
14:41
was
14:42
acquiring
14:42
Pixar
14:43
in
14:43
2006.
14:45
After
14:45
the
14:45
acquisition,
14:46
Ed
14:46
Catmull
14:47
and
14:47
John
14:47
Lasseter,
14:48
the
14:48
new
14:48
president
14:49
and
14:49
chief
14:49
creative
14:50
officer
14:50
of
14:50
Disney
14:51
Animation
14:51
Studios,
14:52
championed
14:53
bringing
14:54
back
14:54
hand
14:54
drawn
14:55
animation.
14:56
At
14:56
the
14:56
same
14:57
time
14:57
in
14:57
2005,
14:58
Disney's
14:58
attempts
14:58
at
14:59
CGI
14:59
movies
15:00
started
15:00
to
15:01
be
15:01
released,
15:01
including
15:02
Chicken
15:02
Little
15:03
and
15:03
Meet
15:03
the
15:03
Robinsons.
15:04
While
15:05
Chicken
15:05
Little
15:06
was
15:06
a
15:06
modest
15:06
success,
15:07
becoming
15:07
the
15:07
second
15:08
highest
15:08
grossing
15:08
animated
15:09
film
15:09
of
15:09
2005,
15:11
Meet
15:11
the
15:11
Robinsons,
15:12
flopped.
15:12
In
15:12
2007,
15:14
it
15:14
was
15:14
Lasseter
15:15
who
15:15
cancelled
15:15
both
15:16
the
15:16
Chicken
15:16
Little
15:16
and
15:17
Meet
15:17
the
15:17
Robinsons
15:17
sequels.
15:18
When
15:19
he
15:19
became
15:19
the
15:19
new
15:20
chief
15:20
creative
15:21
officer,
15:22
he
15:22
ordered
15:23
the
15:23
studio
15:23
to
15:23
shift
15:24
its
15:24
focus
15:24
towards
15:24
spinoff
15:25
films
15:25
and
15:26
original
15:26
productions.
15:28
So
15:28
to
15:28
do
15:29
so,
15:29
Lasseter
15:30
and
15:30
Catmull
15:30
decided
15:31
to
15:31
rehire
15:32
the
15:32
traditional
15:33
animators
15:33
who'd
15:34
been
15:34
laid
15:34
off,
15:35
and
15:35
with
15:35
it
15:36
brought
15:36
back
15:37
directors
15:37
Ron
15:38
Clements
15:38
and
15:38
John
15:38
Musker.
15:40
Now,
15:40
if
15:40
you
15:40
don't
15:41
know
15:41
who
15:41
Ron
15:41
Clements
15:41
and
15:42
John
15:42
Musker
15:42
are,
15:43
they
15:43
were
15:43
absolutely
15:44
integral
15:44
to
15:45
the
15:45
Disney
15:45
renaissance.
15:46
They
15:46
directed
15:47
some
15:47
of
15:47
Disney's
15:48
most
15:48
successful
15:48
films
15:49
of
15:49
the
15:49
era,
15:50
like
15:50
the
15:50
Little
15:50
Mermaid,
15:51
Aladdin,
15:52
Hercules,
15:53
and
15:54
also
15:54
the
15:54
Great
15:54
Mouse
15:55
Detective
15:55
as
15:55
well.
15:56
They
15:56
were
15:56
legends
15:57
within
15:57
the
15:57
studio
15:58
who
15:58
had
15:58
literally
15:59
saved
15:59
Disney
16:00
animation
16:00
in
16:00
the
16:00
late
16:01
1980s.
16:02
Their
16:02
passion
16:03
project
16:03
was
16:03
Treasure
16:04
Planet.
16:05
I've
16:05
done
16:05
a
16:05
whole
16:06
episode
16:06
on
16:06
Treasure
16:06
Planet,
16:07
so
16:07
you
16:07
should
16:07
listen
16:07
to
16:08
that
16:08
episode
16:08
for
16:09
more
16:09
on
16:09
the
16:09
story
16:09
of
16:10
Treasure
16:10
Planet.
16:11
But
16:12
safe
16:12
to
16:12
say,
16:12
after
16:13
Treasure
16:13
planet
16:13
Bombed
16:14
in
16:14
2002,
16:15
Clements
16:16
and
16:16
musket
16:16
developed
16:17
several
16:17
projects
16:17
that
16:17
didn't
16:18
see
16:18
the
16:18
light
16:18
of
16:19
day.
16:19
And
16:19
they
16:20
left
16:20
Disney
16:20
in
16:20
September
16:21
2005
16:22
after
16:23
their
16:23
project,
16:23
Fraidy
16:24
Cat,
16:24
which
16:25
they'd
16:25
inherited
16:25
from
16:26
Dutch
16:26
director
16:26
Piet
16:27
Kroon,
16:27
was
16:28
refused
16:28
a
16:28
green
16:28
light.
16:29
And
16:29
this
16:30
rejection
16:30
was
16:30
followed
16:31
by
16:31
Clement's
16:32
and
16:32
Musker's
16:32
resignation.
16:33
When
16:34
John
16:34
Lasseter
16:34
was
16:35
appointed
16:35
chief
16:35
Creative
16:36
Officer
16:36
In
16:36
February
16:37
2006,
16:38
he
16:38
invited
16:39
Clements
16:39
and
16:40
Lusker
16:40
back
16:40
to
16:40
Disney
16:41
to
16:41
oversee
16:42
production
16:43
on
16:43
the
16:43
Frog
16:43
Princess.
16:45
So
16:45
the
16:46
Frog
16:46
Princess
16:47
came
16:47
from
16:47
merging
16:48
two
16:48
separate
16:48
projects
16:49
that
16:49
were
16:49
in
16:49
development
16:50
at
16:50
Disney
16:51
and
16:51
Pixar,
16:52
both
16:52
based
16:52
around
16:53
the
16:53
Frog
16:53
Prince
16:54
fairy
16:54
tale.
16:55
Disney
16:55
had
16:55
been
16:55
trying
16:56
to
16:56
do
16:56
something
16:56
with
16:57
the
16:57
Frog
16:57
Prince
16:57
since
16:58
the
16:58
early
16:58
90s.
16:59
And
16:59
in
16:59
2003,
17:00
Disney
17:01
bought
17:01
the
17:01
rights
17:01
to
17:01
E.D.
17:02
Baker's
17:03
2002
17:04
novel
17:04
the
17:04
Frog
17:05
Princess,
17:06
where
17:06
the
17:06
heroine
17:07
kisses
17:07
a
17:07
frog
17:07
prince
17:08
and
17:08
becomes
17:08
a
17:08
frog
17:09
herself.
17:09
And
17:10
a
17:10
pitch
17:10
was
17:10
created
17:11
based
17:11
on
17:11
that.
17:12
The
17:12
other
17:12
was
17:13
a
17:13
pitch
17:13
by
17:13
Ralph
17:13
Eggleston
17:14
based
17:15
on
17:15
the
17:15
Brothers
17:15
Grimm
17:16
fairy
17:16
tale
17:16
the
17:17
frog
17:17
Prince
17:18
from
17:18
1812
17:19
for
17:19
an
17:19
adaptation
17:20
of
17:20
the
17:20
story
17:20
set
17:21
in
17:21
gangster
17:22
era
17:22
Chicago.
17:23
Additionally,
17:24
animator
17:25
Jorgen
17:25
Klubian
17:26
claimed
17:27
that
17:27
he
17:27
had
17:27
a
17:27
story
17:28
he
17:28
was
17:28
developing
17:28
at
17:28
Pixar
17:29
called
17:30
the
17:30
Spirit
17:30
of
17:30
New
17:31
Orleans,
17:31
which
17:32
also
17:32
apparently
17:33
served
17:33
as
17:33
inspiration.
17:35
And
17:35
it
17:35
was
17:35
this
17:35
idea
17:36
for
17:36
New
17:36
Orleans
17:36
that
17:37
reportedly
17:37
led
17:37
to
17:38
John
17:38
Lasseter
17:39
suggesting
17:39
setting
17:40
the
17:40
fairy
17:40
tale
17:41
in
17:41
the
17:41
city.
17:42
And
17:42
this
17:42
would
17:42
be
17:42
the
17:43
first
17:43
Disney
17:43
animated
17:44
fairy
17:44
tale
17:45
princess
17:45
movie
17:46
set
17:46
in
17:46
the
17:47
United
17:47
States,
17:48
not
17:48
the
17:48
first
17:49
Disney
17:49
movie,
17:49
full
17:50
stop.
17:50
One
17:50
of
17:51
those
17:51
we
17:51
don't
17:51
talk
17:52
about.
17:52
And
17:53
the
17:53
idea
17:53
of
17:53
making
17:54
the
17:54
heroine
17:54
African
17:55
American
17:56
grew
17:56
naturally
17:57
from
17:57
that
17:57
New
17:57
Orleans
17:58
setting,
17:58
and
17:59
production
17:59
on
17:59
the
18:00
Frog
18:00
princess
18:01
began
18:01
in
18:01
July
18:02
2006.
18:04
Now,
18:04
the
18:05
new
18:05
Orleans
18:05
setting
18:06
was
18:06
immediately
18:06
controversial
18:07
because
18:08
the
18:08
year
18:08
prior,
18:08
in
18:09
2005,
18:10
the
18:10
city
18:10
had
18:11
been
18:11
decimated
18:12
by
18:12
Hurricane
18:12
Katrina.
18:13
And
18:13
many
18:13
of
18:14
the
18:14
victims
18:14
of
18:14
that
18:14
hurricane
18:15
that
18:15
had
18:16
been
18:16
displaced,
18:17
injured
18:17
and
18:17
killed
18:18
were
18:18
the
18:18
city's
18:19
black
18:19
residents.
18:20
Indeed,
18:20
the
18:21
area
18:21
of
18:21
the
18:21
city
18:22
that
18:22
the
18:22
lead
18:22
character,
18:23
Tiana,
18:23
and
18:24
her
18:24
mother
18:24
would
18:24
call
18:24
home
18:25
was
18:25
based
18:25
around
18:26
New
18:26
Orleans
18:27
Lower
18:27
9th
18:27
Ward,
18:28
an
18:28
area
18:29
that
18:29
had
18:29
been
18:29
hit
18:29
the
18:30
hardest
18:30
and
18:31
still
18:31
to
18:31
this
18:32
day
18:32
hasn't
18:32
been
18:33
fully
18:33
rebuilt
18:33
or
18:34
repopulated.
18:35
Until
18:35
Hurricane
18:36
Katrina,
18:37
the
18:37
Lower
18:37
Ninth
18:38
Ward
18:38
had
18:38
the
18:38
highest
18:39
percentage
18:39
of
18:39
black
18:40
home
18:40
ownership
18:41
in
18:41
the
18:41
city.
18:42
At
18:42
Disney's
18:43
annual
18:43
shareholders
18:44
meeting
18:44
in
18:44
March
18:45
2007,
18:46
early
18:47
concepts
18:47
for
18:47
the
18:48
movie
18:48
were
18:48
announced,
18:49
including
18:49
the
18:50
name
18:50
of
18:50
the
18:50
movie,
18:51
the
18:51
New
18:51
Orleans
18:51
setting,
18:52
the
18:52
African
18:53
American
18:53
lead
18:53
at
18:54
her
18:54
job
18:54
and
18:55
the
18:55
handsome
18:55
prince
18:56
she
18:56
would
18:56
fall
18:56
for.
18:57
All
18:57
of
18:57
those
18:58
things
18:58
generated
18:59
some
18:59
controversy.
19:01
The
19:01
Frog
19:01
Princess
19:02
was
19:02
seen
19:02
as
19:03
being
19:03
a
19:03
slur
19:04
against
19:04
the
19:04
French.
19:05
New
19:05
Orleans
19:06
was
19:06
seen
19:06
as
19:06
a
19:06
questionable
19:07
setting
19:07
because
19:08
of
19:08
the
19:08
recent
19:08
devastation.
19:09
The
19:10
name
19:10
of
19:10
the
19:10
lead
19:10
was
19:11
announced
19:11
as
19:11
Maddy,
19:12
critics
19:13
argued
19:13
it
19:13
was
19:14
an
19:14
unlikely
19:14
name
19:15
for
19:15
a
19:15
black
19:15
woman
19:15
in
19:16
the
19:16
early
19:16
20th
19:16
century,
19:17
according
19:18
to
19:18
African
19:18
American
19:19
scholars,
19:19
as
19:20
well
19:20
as
19:20
too
19:20
similar
19:21
to
19:21
Mammy,
19:22
a
19:22
derogatory
19:23
term
19:23
for
19:23
black
19:23
women
19:24
who
19:24
were
19:24
often
19:25
enslaved.
19:25
Child
19:26
care
19:26
for
19:26
white
19:27
children.
19:28
Her
19:28
original
19:29
job,
19:29
a
19:29
chambermaid
19:30
working
19:31
for
19:31
a
19:31
wealthy
19:31
white
19:32
family,
19:32
was
19:33
too
19:33
reminiscent
19:34
of
19:34
slavery
19:34
and
19:35
inappropriate
19:36
for
19:36
Disney's
19:36
first
19:37
black
19:37
princess.
19:38
Maddy
19:39
became
19:39
Tiana
19:40
and
19:40
her
19:40
job
19:41
became
19:41
a
19:41
head
19:42
chef,
19:42
which
19:42
was
19:43
then
19:43
changed
19:43
to
19:43
a
19:44
waitress.
19:45
Tiana's
19:45
prince
19:46
was
19:46
also
19:46
questioned
19:47
as
19:47
being
19:47
light
19:47
skinned
19:48
and
19:48
of
19:49
an
19:49
ambiguous
19:49
ethnicity.
19:51
And
19:51
the
19:51
villain,
19:51
being
19:52
a
19:52
black
19:52
voodoo
19:53
practitioner,
19:54
was
19:54
also
19:54
questioned.
19:55
It's
19:55
worth
19:56
mentioning
19:56
that
19:56
Disney
19:56
didn't
19:57
change
19:57
either
19:57
the
19:57
prince
19:58
or
19:58
the
19:58
villain
19:59
from
19:59
their
19:59
original
20:00
ideas,
20:01
but
20:01
what
20:01
they
20:02
did
20:02
do
20:02
in
20:03
getting
20:03
this
20:03
feedback
20:04
from
20:04
the
20:04
black
20:04
community
20:05
was
20:05
then
20:05
hired
20:06
Oprah
20:06
Winfrey
20:07
as
20:07
a
20:07
technical
20:08
consultant.
20:09
The
20:09
directors
20:09
also
20:10
brought
20:10
in
20:10
supervising
20:11
animator
20:12
Bruce
20:12
W.
20:12
Smith,
20:13
creator
20:14
of
20:14
the
20:14
animated
20:14
Disney
20:15
Channel
20:15
series
20:15
the
20:16
Proud
20:16
Family,
20:17
to
20:17
assist
20:17
with
20:17
character,
20:18
animation,
20:18
voices,
20:20
and
20:20
also
20:20
screenwriter
20:21
Rob
20:21
Edwards,
20:22
a
20:22
veteran
20:22
television
20:23
and
20:23
film
20:23
writer
20:24
whose
20:24
credits
20:25
included
20:25
A
20:25
Different
20:26
World
20:26
in
20:27
Living
20:27
Colour,
20:28
Rock,
20:28
the
20:29
Fresh
20:29
Prince
20:29
of
20:29
Bel
20:29
Air
20:30
and
20:30
Treasure
20:30
Planet,
20:31
who
20:31
was
20:31
also
20:32
instrumental
20:32
in
20:33
injecting
20:33
much
20:33
needed
20:34
authenticity.
20:35
It's
20:36
worth
20:36
noting,
20:36
of
20:37
course,
20:37
that
20:37
if
20:37
the
20:37
film
20:37
were
20:37
made
20:38
nowadays,
20:39
we
20:39
would
20:39
probably
20:39
have
20:40
a
20:40
team
20:40
of
20:40
black
20:41
screenwriters
20:42
and
20:42
black
20:42
directors,
20:43
as
20:43
well
20:43
as
20:43
a
20:43
black
20:44
core
20:44
creative
20:45
team,
20:45
which,
20:45
as
20:45
we
20:46
know,
20:46
authentic
20:47
voices
20:47
behind
20:47
the
20:47
screen
20:48
generally
20:49
translates
20:49
to
20:49
a
20:49
more
20:50
authentic
20:50
on
20:51
screen
20:51
experience.
20:52
But
20:52
this
20:53
was
20:53
the
20:53
late
20:53
2000s,
20:55
Musker
20:55
and
20:56
Clements
20:56
based
20:56
Tiana
20:57
on
20:57
restaurateur
20:58
Leah
20:58
Chase,
20:59
and
20:59
on
20:59
a
20:59
research
21:00
trip
21:00
to
21:00
New
21:00
Orleans,
21:01
they
21:01
met
21:02
with
21:02
Chase.
21:03
She
21:03
was
21:03
known
21:03
as
21:03
the
21:04
Queen
21:04
of
21:04
Creole
21:05
cuisine
21:05
and
21:06
her
21:06
restaurant,
21:06
Dooky
21:07
Chase,
21:08
was
21:08
a
21:08
gathering
21:08
place
21:09
for
21:09
black
21:09
people
21:09
during
21:10
the
21:10
Civil
21:10
Rights
21:11
movement
21:11
in
21:11
the
21:11
60s,
21:12
and
21:12
she
21:12
would
21:12
serve
21:13
them
21:13
gumbo
21:14
and
21:14
fried
21:14
chicken.
21:15
It
21:15
also
21:15
contained
21:16
extensive
21:16
pieces
21:17
of
21:17
African
21:17
American
21:18
art.
21:19
Leah
21:19
Chase
21:20
began
21:20
working
21:20
in
21:21
the
21:21
kitchen
21:21
and
21:21
over
21:22
time
21:22
she
21:22
and
21:23
her
21:23
husband
21:23
took
21:23
over
21:24
the
21:24
street
21:24
corner
21:25
stand
21:25
as
21:25
it
21:25
started
21:25
out
21:26
and
21:26
built
21:27
it
21:27
into
21:27
a
21:27
sit
21:27
down
21:28
restaurant,
21:28
updating
21:29
the
21:29
menu
21:30
to
21:30
reflect
21:30
her
21:30
own
21:31
family's
21:31
Creole
21:32
recipes
21:32
as
21:33
well
21:33
as
21:33
recipes
21:33
that
21:33
were
21:34
otherwise
21:34
available
21:35
only
21:35
in
21:35
whites
21:36
only
21:36
restaurants,
21:37
the
21:37
sort
21:37
of
21:38
whites
21:38
only
21:38
restaurants
21:39
that
21:39
she
21:39
and
21:39
her
21:40
patrons
21:40
were
21:40
banned
21:41
from.
21:42
Leah
21:42
Chase
21:42
reopened
21:43
Dooky
21:44
Chase
21:44
after
21:44
Hurricane
21:45
Katrina
21:45
thanks
21:46
to
21:46
help
21:46
from
21:46
the
21:46
local
21:47
community
21:47
and
21:48
served
21:48
President
21:49
George
21:49
W.
21:49
Bush
21:50
and
21:50
Barack
21:50
Obama.
21:51
She
21:52
passed
21:52
away
21:52
on
21:52
1
21:53
June
21:53
2019
21:54
at
21:54
the
21:54
age
21:55
of
21:55
96,
21:56
and
21:56
she
21:56
had
21:56
continued
21:57
to
21:57
work
21:57
at
21:57
the
21:58
restaurant
21:58
up
21:58
until
21:58
a
21:59
few
21:59
months
21:59
before
21:59
she
22:00
died.
22:01
With
22:01
inspiration
22:02
for
22:02
Tiana
22:03
and
22:03
a
22:03
visit
22:03
to
22:03
New
22:03
Orleans,
22:04
down
22:04
Muska
22:05
and
22:05
Clement
22:05
set
22:06
on
22:06
creating
22:06
this
22:07
world.
22:07
And
22:07
for
22:08
that
22:08
they
22:08
looked
22:08
at
22:09
previous
22:09
Disney
22:10
films
22:10
like
22:10
Bambi
22:11
and
22:11
Lady
22:12
and
22:12
the
22:12
Tramp,
22:13
Bambi
22:13
for
22:14
creating
22:14
the
22:14
Bayou
22:15
and
22:15
Lady
22:15
and
22:15
the
22:15
Tramp
22:16
for
22:16
the
22:16
depiction
22:16
of
22:16
New
22:17
Orleans.
22:18
Not
22:18
stylized
22:19
animation,
22:19
but
22:19
sophisticated
22:20
and
22:21
following
22:21
classic
22:22
Disney
22:22
animation
22:22
wherever
22:23
possible.
22:24
Because
22:24
if
22:24
this
22:25
is
22:25
a
22:25
return
22:25
to
22:26
form,
22:26
you
22:26
do
22:27
the
22:27
best
22:27
and
22:28
you
22:28
bring
22:28
in
22:28
the
22:28
best.
22:29
A
22:29
mix
22:30
of
22:30
veteran
22:30
Disney
22:31
animators
22:31
and
22:32
newcomers.
22:33
And
22:33
in
22:33
a
22:34
way,
22:34
the
22:34
demise
22:34
of
22:34
hand
22:35
drawn
22:35
animation
22:35
was
22:36
a
22:36
blessing
22:37
because
22:37
Musker
22:37
and
22:38
Clements
22:38
had
22:38
the
22:38
rare
22:39
opportunity
22:40
to
22:40
put
22:40
a
22:40
dream
22:41
crew
22:41
together,
22:42
which
22:42
couldn't
22:42
have
22:42
been
22:43
done
22:43
when
22:43
hand
22:43
drawn
22:44
animation
22:44
was
22:44
at
22:44
its
22:45
peak.
22:46
Animators
22:46
were
22:46
spread
22:47
far
22:47
and
22:47
wide
22:47
back
22:48
then
22:48
between
22:48
all
22:48
of
22:49
the
22:49
major
22:49
studios.
22:50
But
22:50
in
22:50
the
22:50
late
22:51
2000s,
22:52
animation
22:52
studios
22:53
had
22:53
been
22:53
closed
22:54
and
22:54
experienced
22:55
animators
22:55
were
22:55
either
22:56
working
22:56
on
22:56
digital
22:57
animation
22:57
or
22:58
doing
22:58
something
22:58
else.
22:59
Musker
23:00
and
23:00
Clements
23:00
would
23:00
say
23:01
they
23:01
had
23:01
their
23:01
pick
23:01
of
23:02
dream
23:02
animators,
23:03
including
23:04
veteran
23:04
Disney
23:04
animators
23:05
like
23:05
Mark
23:06
Henn,
23:06
Andreas
23:07
Deja
23:07
and
23:07
Eric
23:08
Goldberg,
23:08
along
23:09
with
23:09
notable
23:09
newcomers
23:10
like
23:10
Hyun
23:11
Min
23:11
Lee,
23:12
who
23:12
would
23:12
go
23:12
on
23:12
to
23:12
work
23:13
on
23:13
Wreck
23:13
It
23:13
Ralph,
23:14
Frozen
23:14
and
23:15
Zootopia
23:16
Zootropolis,
23:17
in
23:18
addition
23:18
to
23:18
current
23:18
and
23:19
former
23:19
Disney
23:19
animators.
23:20
The
23:20
production
23:21
crew,
23:21
which
23:21
topped
23:22
300
23:22
at
23:23
its
23:23
peak,
23:23
included
23:24
recent
23:24
graduates
23:25
from
23:25
the
23:25
California
23:26
Institute
23:27
of
23:27
the
23:27
Arts.
23:28
But
23:28
there
23:29
was
23:29
an
23:29
immediate
23:30
problem.
23:30
The
23:30
resources
23:31
to
23:31
bring
23:32
a
23:32
hand
23:32
drawn
23:32
animated
23:33
movie
23:33
to
23:33
life,
23:34
the
23:34
desks,
23:35
the
23:35
equipment
23:36
had
23:36
all
23:36
been
23:36
either
23:37
sold
23:37
or
23:37
destroyed.
23:38
Decades
23:39
of
23:39
history
23:40
vanished
23:41
and
23:41
Then
23:41
a
23:41
glimmer
23:42
of
23:42
hope.
23:43
Christopher
23:43
Hibler,
23:44
the
23:44
manager
23:44
of
23:45
operations,
23:45
was
23:46
the
23:46
grandson
23:47
of
23:47
Disney
23:47
legend
23:48
Winston
23:48
Hibbler.
23:49
Winston
23:50
Hibbler
23:50
was
23:50
a
23:50
camera
23:51
operator
23:51
at
23:51
Disney.
23:52
He
23:52
was
23:52
the
23:52
screenwriter
23:53
of
23:53
Cinderella,
23:54
Alice
23:54
in
23:54
Wonderland,
23:55
Peter
23:55
Pan
23:55
and
23:56
Sleeping
23:56
Beauty,
23:57
as
23:57
well
23:57
as
23:57
a
23:58
songwriter
23:58
on
23:58
Peter
23:59
Pan
23:59
and
23:59
Sleeping
24:00
Beauty.
24:00
And
24:01
his
24:01
grandson
24:02
Christopher
24:02
Hibler
24:03
had
24:03
stashed
24:04
away
24:04
several
24:05
of
24:05
the
24:05
original
24:06
animation
24:06
desks,
24:07
basically
24:08
saving
24:08
them
24:08
from
24:08
destruction
24:09
and
24:10
giving
24:10
them
24:10
to
24:10
the
24:11
production
24:11
of
24:11
the
24:11
Princess
24:12
and
24:12
the
24:12
Frog.
24:13
And
24:13
when
24:13
it
24:14
came
24:14
to
24:14
casting
24:14
this
24:15
movie,
24:15
the
24:15
cast
24:16
came
24:16
together
24:16
quickly
24:17
with
24:17
the
24:17
most
24:17
important
24:18
role
24:18
being
24:18
Tiana
24:19
herself.
24:20
And
24:20
the
24:20
actors
24:21
needed
24:21
to
24:21
also
24:21
be
24:22
able
24:22
to
24:22
sing.
24:23
Alicia
24:24
Keys
24:24
was
24:25
very
24:25
keen
24:25
on
24:25
the
24:25
role
24:25
and
24:26
auditioned
24:26
for
24:26
Tiana
24:27
three
24:27
times.
24:28
Apparently
24:29
Beyonce
24:29
refused
24:30
to
24:30
audition
24:30
but
24:30
was
24:31
considered.
24:32
Her
24:32
Dreamgirls
24:33
co
24:33
star
24:33
Jennifer
24:33
Hudson
24:34
was
24:34
also
24:34
really
24:35
interested.
24:36
Even
24:36
supermodel
24:37
Tyra
24:37
Banks
24:38
was
24:38
considered.
24:39
But
24:39
in
24:39
the
24:39
end,
24:39
the
24:40
role
24:40
went
24:40
to
24:40
the
24:41
third
24:41
dream
24:41
girl,
24:42
Tony
24:42
award
24:43
winning
24:43
Anika
24:44
Noni
24:44
Rose,
24:44
who
24:45
burst
24:45
into
24:45
tears
24:46
during
24:46
her
24:46
final
24:46
audition
24:47
for
24:47
the
24:47
character.
24:48
Just
24:48
knowing
24:49
the
24:49
impact
24:49
a
24:50
black
24:50
princess
24:50
would
24:51
have
24:51
on
24:51
of
24:51
little
24:52
black
24:52
children.
24:53
She
24:53
had
24:53
always
24:54
wanted
24:54
to
24:54
be
24:54
a
24:54
Disney
24:55
voice
24:55
and
24:56
walking
24:56
through
24:56
Disney's
24:57
halls
24:57
felt
24:58
like
24:58
walking
24:58
through
24:58
the
24:59
history
24:59
of
24:59
her
24:59
childhood.
25:00
And
25:00
she
25:01
would
25:01
be
25:01
announced
25:01
as
25:01
the
25:01
voice
25:02
of
25:02
Tiana
25:03
in
25:03
April
25:03
2007.
25:05
And
25:05
Rose
25:06
was
25:06
incredibly
25:06
important
25:07
to
25:07
the
25:07
design
25:07
of
25:08
Tiana,
25:08
ensuring
25:09
she
25:09
wasn't
25:10
just
25:10
a
25:10
white
25:10
princess
25:11
model
25:11
with
25:11
black
25:12
skin,
25:12
but
25:13
requesting
25:13
she
25:13
be
25:13
dark
25:14
skinned,
25:14
have
25:15
dimples,
25:15
have
25:16
a
25:16
similar
25:16
nose
25:16
to
25:17
herself,
25:17
as
25:17
well
25:17
as
25:18
be
25:18
left
25:18
handed
25:18
like
25:19
herself.
25:20
If
25:20
they
25:20
were
25:20
casting
25:21
live
25:21
action,
25:21
Tiana
25:22
Rose
25:23
would
25:23
be
25:23
perfect.
25:24
And
25:24
she
25:24
remains
25:25
incredibly
25:25
proud
25:26
of
25:26
being
25:26
the
25:26
first
25:27
black
25:27
Disney
25:27
princess.
25:28
And
25:28
that
25:29
Tiana
25:29
is
25:29
inspiring
25:30
not
25:30
just
25:30
little
25:31
black
25:31
children,
25:32
but
25:32
children
25:32
of
25:32
all
25:33
races
25:33
and
25:33
ethnicities.
25:35
She
25:35
would
25:35
say
25:36
in
25:36
an
25:36
interview
25:36
with
25:36
the
25:36
Hollywood
25:37
Reporter,
25:37
quote,
25:38
when
25:38
I'm
25:38
thinking
25:39
of
25:39
black
25:39
or
25:39
brown
25:40
skinned
25:40
adults,
25:41
we
25:41
spend
25:41
so
25:41
much
25:42
time
25:42
growing
25:42
up
25:42
trying
25:43
to
25:43
fit
25:43
into
25:44
another
25:44
standard
25:44
of
25:44
beauty.
25:46
And
25:46
now
25:46
at
25:46
this
25:47
point,
25:47
those
25:47
children,
25:48
these
25:48
new
25:49
children,
25:49
are
25:50
comfortable
25:50
within
25:50
themselves
25:51
in
25:51
different
25:51
ways.
25:52
They
25:52
don't
25:53
think
25:53
anything
25:53
of
25:53
putting
25:54
on
25:54
their
25:54
Tiana
25:55
dress.
25:55
You
25:55
can't
25:56
tell
25:56
them
25:56
they're
25:56
not
25:57
Tiana.
25:57
It's
25:58
not
25:58
about
25:58
the
25:58
fact
25:59
they're
25:59
not
25:59
brown.
26:00
They
26:00
still
26:00
feel
26:01
like
26:01
they're
26:01
Tiana,
26:02
unquote.
26:04
Three
26:04
months
26:04
after
26:04
the
26:05
announcement
26:05
of
26:06
Anika
26:06
Noni
26:06
Rose,
26:07
Keith
26:07
David
26:08
was
26:08
announced
26:08
as
26:09
the
26:09
voice
26:09
of
26:09
Dr.
26:09
Facilier,
26:10
one
26:11
of
26:11
Disney's
26:11
most
26:11
menacing
26:12
villains.
26:13
With
26:13
a
26:13
great
26:13
song
26:14
and
26:14
also
26:14
more
26:14
controversy.
26:15
There's
26:16
actually
26:16
a
26:16
great
26:16
video
26:17
on
26:17
YouTube
26:17
by
26:17
a
26:17
black
26:18
creator
26:18
called
26:18
JoJo
26:19
who
26:19
talks
26:20
about
26:20
the
26:20
lack
26:20
of
26:20
positive
26:21
black
26:21
male
26:22
representation
26:22
in
26:23
the
26:23
Princess
26:23
and
26:23
the
26:23
Frog,
26:24
where
26:24
he
26:24
points
26:24
to
26:25
the
26:25
fact
26:25
that
26:25
having
26:25
a
26:26
black
26:26
male
26:26
villain
26:27
and
26:27
no
26:27
corresponding
26:28
good
26:28
black
26:29
male
26:29
role
26:29
model,
26:30
or
26:30
at
26:30
least
26:30
one
26:30
that
26:30
does
26:31
die
26:31
early
26:31
on,
26:31
is
26:32
reinforcing
26:33
negative
26:33
stereotypes
26:34
against
26:34
black
26:35
men.
26:35
I'll
26:36
pop
26:36
a
26:36
link
26:36
to
26:36
that
26:36
video
26:37
in
26:37
the
26:37
show
26:37
notes
26:38
but
26:38
Dr.
26:38
Facilier
26:39
does
26:39
make
26:39
a
26:40
very
26:40
good
26:40
villain.
26:40
The
26:40
way
26:41
he
26:41
works
26:41
with
26:41
the
26:41
shadows
26:42
is
26:42
fascinating
26:43
the
26:43
and
26:43
genuinely
26:44
creepy.
26:44
But
26:45
then
26:45
there's
26:45
the
26:45
voodoo
26:46
hoodoo
26:46
thing.
26:47
Voodoo
26:48
is
26:48
an
26:48
actual
26:49
religion
26:49
with
26:49
its
26:50
own
26:50
rituals,
26:51
leaders,
26:51
teachers
26:52
and
26:52
religious
26:52
services
26:53
originating
26:54
from
26:54
traditional
26:55
African
26:55
religions
26:56
of
26:56
the
26:56
Fon
26:57
and
26:57
Uwe
26:57
people.
26:58
Voodoo,
26:59
by
26:59
contrast,
27:00
is
27:00
not
27:00
a
27:00
religion
27:01
but
27:02
rather
27:02
a
27:02
set
27:02
of
27:02
magical
27:03
practices,
27:04
a
27:04
form
27:04
of
27:04
folk
27:05
magic
27:05
practiced
27:06
by
27:06
individuals
27:06
called
27:07
root
27:07
doctors
27:07
or
27:08
root
27:08
healers.
27:09
Hoodoo
27:10
focuses
27:10
on
27:10
practical
27:11
magic
27:11
for
27:12
healing,
27:12
protection
27:13
and
27:13
personal
27:13
empowerment
27:14
using
27:15
herbs,
27:15
roots
27:16
and
27:16
charms.
27:17
Dr.
27:17
Facilier
27:18
sings
27:19
I
27:19
got
27:19
voodoo,
27:20
I
27:20
got
27:20
hoodoo
27:21
as
27:21
if
27:21
they
27:21
are
27:21
simply
27:22
different
27:22
tools
27:22
at
27:22
his
27:23
disposal,
27:23
and
27:24
this
27:24
muddles
27:24
the
27:24
distinction
27:25
between
27:26
a
27:26
legitimate
27:26
religion
27:27
and
27:27
folk
27:28
magic
27:28
practices.
27:29
The
27:29
Loa,
27:30
the
27:30
spirits
27:31
in
27:31
voodoo,
27:31
are
27:32
portrayed
27:32
as
27:32
evil
27:32
entities
27:33
hungry
27:33
for
27:34
souls
27:35
rather
27:35
than
27:35
the
27:35
protective
27:36
and
27:36
guiding
27:36
spirits
27:37
they
27:37
actually
27:37
are
27:38
in
27:38
the
27:38
religion.
27:39
Voodoo
27:39
is
27:40
nothing
27:40
to
27:40
do
27:40
with
27:40
death.
27:41
It's
27:41
just
27:41
unfortunate
27:42
that
27:42
centuries
27:43
old
27:43
Hollywood
27:43
stereotypes
27:44
perpetuate
27:45
to
27:45
demonize
27:46
an
27:46
actual
27:47
living
27:47
religion
27:48
practiced
27:48
by
27:48
real
27:49
people.
27:50
But
27:51
where
27:51
this
27:51
movie
27:52
shines
27:52
is
27:53
Tiana
27:53
and
27:54
the
27:54
beautiful
27:54
animation,
27:55
A
27:55
true
27:56
return
27:56
to
27:56
Disney's
27:57
former
27:57
glory.
27:58
In
27:58
the
27:58
1980s,
27:59
Disney,
28:00
along
28:00
with
28:00
Pixar,
28:01
developed
28:01
CAPS,
28:02
the
28:02
computer
28:03
animation
28:03
production
28:04
system,
28:04
which
28:05
reduced
28:05
labor
28:06
costs
28:06
for
28:06
ink
28:06
and
28:07
paint
28:07
and
28:07
post
28:08
production
28:08
processes
28:09
of
28:09
traditionally
28:10
animated
28:10
features,
28:11
and
28:11
it
28:11
also
28:12
provided
28:12
an
28:12
entirely
28:13
new
28:13
palette
28:13
of
28:14
digital
28:14
tools
28:15
for
28:15
animation
28:15
filmmakers.
28:17
When
28:17
the
28:17
traditional
28:18
2D
28:18
animation
28:19
departments
28:19
were
28:19
scrapped
28:20
in
28:20
2004,
28:21
only
28:22
one
28:22
CAPS
28:22
desk
28:23
remained,
28:24
and
28:24
that
28:24
was
28:24
for
28:24
reading
28:25
the
28:25
data
28:25
for
28:25
the
28:25
films
28:26
that
28:26
had
28:26
been
28:26
previously
28:27
made
28:27
with
28:27
CAPS,
28:28
not
28:28
for
28:29
creating
28:29
new
28:29
movies
28:30
with
28:30
CAPS.
28:31
When
28:32
John
28:32
Lasseter
28:33
reopened
28:33
the
28:33
2D
28:33
animation
28:34
teams,
28:35
rather
28:35
than
28:35
return
28:36
to
28:36
CAPS,
28:36
which
28:37
was
28:37
outdated,
28:38
they
28:38
instead
28:38
decided
28:39
to
28:39
use
28:39
Toon
28:39
Boom
28:40
animations
28:40
Toon
28:41
Boom
28:41
Harmony
28:42
and
28:42
instead
28:43
of
28:43
using
28:43
a
28:43
paperless
28:44
approach
28:44
with
28:44
Harmony
28:45
and
28:45
Wacom
28:46
Syntek
28:46
pressure
28:46
sensitive
28:47
tablets,
28:48
the
28:48
character
28:48
animators
28:49
decided
28:49
to
28:49
use
28:50
traditional
28:50
paper
28:51
and
28:51
pencil
28:51
drawings
28:52
which
28:52
were
28:52
then
28:53
scanned
28:53
into
28:53
the
28:54
systems.
28:55
The
28:55
visual
28:55
effects
28:55
and
28:55
background
28:56
for
28:56
the
28:56
film
28:56
were
28:56
created
28:57
digitally
28:58
using
28:58
Syntek
28:59
tablet
28:59
displays
29:00
because
29:00
it
29:00
was
29:01
quicker
29:01
than
29:01
building
29:01
everything
29:02
from
29:02
scratch,
29:03
and
29:03
the
29:03
backgrounds
29:04
were
29:04
painted
29:04
digitally
29:05
using
29:05
Adobe
29:06
Photoshop,
29:07
which
29:07
means
29:07
they
29:07
were
29:08
drawn
29:08
or
29:08
inked
29:09
or
29:09
painted
29:10
one
29:10
stroke
29:10
at
29:10
a
29:11
time.
29:11
The
29:11
painters
29:12
applied
29:12
every
29:12
brush
29:13
stroke
29:13
as
29:13
if
29:14
they
29:14
would
29:14
with
29:14
a
29:14
regular
29:15
painting.
29:16
The
29:16
one
29:17
Exception
29:17
to
29:17
the
29:17
new
29:18
Toon
29:18
Boom
29:18
Harmony
29:19
pipeline
29:20
was
29:20
the
29:20
Almost
29:21
There
29:21
dream
29:21
sequence,
29:22
which
29:22
utilised
29:23
an
29:23
Art
29:23
Deco
29:24
graphic
29:24
style
29:25
based
29:25
on
29:25
the
29:25
art
29:26
of
29:26
Harlem
29:26
Renaissance
29:27
painter
29:27
Aaron
29:28
Douglas
29:28
and
29:29
is
29:29
wholly
29:29
based
29:29
on
29:30
the
29:30
movie's
29:30
concept
29:31
art
29:32
supervised
29:33
by
29:33
Eric
29:33
Goldberg
29:34
and
29:34
designed
29:34
by
29:34
Sue
29:35
Nichols.
29:35
The
29:36
Almost
29:36
There
29:36
sequences
29:37
plan
29:37
developed
29:38
out
29:38
of
29:38
Nichols
29:39
design
29:39
research
29:39
for
29:39
the
29:40
Princess
29:40
and
29:40
the
29:40
Frog.
29:41
She
29:41
was
29:41
looking
29:42
at
29:42
art
29:42
from
29:42
the
29:42
twenties
29:43
to
29:43
get
29:43
ideas
29:44
including
29:44
Art
29:45
Deco
29:45
design,
29:46
poster
29:46
art
29:47
and
29:47
the
29:47
Harlem
29:47
Renaissance,
29:48
which
29:49
represented
29:49
an
29:49
explosion
29:50
of
29:50
black
29:50
culture
29:51
across
29:51
America
29:52
during
29:52
that
29:52
era,
29:53
not
29:53
just
29:53
in
29:53
visual
29:54
art
29:54
but
29:54
also
29:55
in
29:55
poetry
29:55
and
29:56
music.
29:57
Aaron
29:57
Douglas
29:57
was
29:58
a
29:58
painter
29:58
known
29:58
for
29:59
his
29:59
expressive
30:00
silhouette
30:00
driven
30:01
depictions
30:01
of
30:01
black
30:02
pride
30:02
and
30:02
struggle,
30:03
and
30:03
Nichols
30:04
adapted
30:04
his
30:04
lineless
30:05
geometric
30:06
style.
30:06
The
30:07
character
30:07
animation
30:08
was
30:08
done
30:08
on
30:08
paper
30:09
without
30:09
going
30:09
through
30:09
the
30:09
cleanup
30:10
animation
30:10
department
30:11
and
30:11
scanned
30:12
directly
30:12
into
30:12
Photoshop.
30:13
The
30:14
artwork
30:14
was
30:14
then
30:14
enhanced
30:15
to
30:15
affect
30:15
the
30:15
appearance
30:16
of
30:16
painted
30:17
strokes
30:17
and
30:17
fills,
30:18
combined
30:18
with
30:18
backgrounds
30:19
using
30:19
Adobe
30:20
After
30:20
Effects.
30:22
For
30:22
the
30:22
first
30:22
time,
30:22
the
30:23
directors
30:23
used
30:23
something
30:24
that
30:24
was
30:24
common
30:24
at
30:24
Pixar
30:25
layout
30:26
animatics.
30:27
They
30:27
filmed
30:28
the
30:28
storyboards
30:28
and
30:28
added
30:29
the
30:29
dialogue
30:29
track
30:30
to
30:30
see
30:30
the
30:30
film,
30:30
but
30:31
also
30:31
added
30:31
staging
30:32
and
30:32
lighting.
30:33
3D
30:34
was
30:34
kept
30:34
to
30:34
a
30:34
minimum,
30:35
but
30:35
it
30:35
is
30:35
there.
30:36
There
30:36
are
30:36
some
30:36
fireflies
30:37
and
30:37
some
30:37
vehicle
30:38
wheels
30:38
that
30:38
are
30:39
3D
30:39
and
30:40
some
30:40
3D
30:40
doors.
30:41
Another
30:41
thing
30:42
they
30:42
did
30:42
on
30:42
this
30:42
movie
30:43
was
30:43
being
30:43
more
30:44
efficient.
30:45
They
30:45
were
30:45
rewriting
30:46
the
30:46
movie
30:46
throughout
30:46
the
30:47
course
30:47
of
30:47
making
30:47
the
30:48
film,
30:48
fixing
30:49
problems
30:49
and
30:49
making
30:50
things
30:50
work
30:50
better
30:51
before
30:51
cells
30:52
were
30:52
painted
30:52
so
30:53
no
30:53
color
30:53
scenes
30:54
were
30:54
left
30:54
on
30:54
the
30:54
cutting
30:55
floor
30:55
and
30:56
they
30:56
could
30:56
stay
30:56
ahead
30:57
of
30:57
production.
30:58
Speaking
30:59
of
30:59
racially
31:00
ambiguous
31:00
princes,
31:01
it's
31:01
time
31:02
for
31:02
the
31:02
obligatory
31:03
Keanu
31:03
reference
31:04
of
31:04
this
31:05
episode.
31:05
And
31:06
if
31:06
you're
31:06
new
31:06
here
31:06
and
31:06
you're
31:07
not
31:07
sure
31:07
what
31:07
that
31:07
is,
31:08
this
31:08
is
31:08
a
31:08
part
31:08
of
31:08
the
31:09
podcast
31:09
where
31:09
I
31:09
try
31:09
and
31:09
link
31:10
every
31:10
movie
31:10
that
31:10
I
31:10
feature
31:11
with
31:11
Keanu
31:11
Reeves
31:12
because
31:13
he
31:13
is
31:13
the
31:13
handsome
31:14
prince
31:14
of
31:14
all
31:15
of
31:15
our
31:15
dreams.
31:16
And
31:16
in
31:16
2019,
31:17
artist
31:17
Crystal
31:18
Rowe
31:18
created
31:19
popular
31:19
viral
31:20
illustrations
31:21
depicting
31:22
Keanu
31:23
as
31:23
various
31:23
Disney
31:24
princes.
31:25
He
31:25
was
31:25
Prince
31:25
Charming,
31:26
he
31:26
was
31:26
also
31:27
Aladdin,
31:28
and
31:28
he
31:28
was
31:28
also
31:29
depicted
31:29
as
31:30
Prince
31:30
Naveen.
31:31
And
31:32
Prince
31:32
Naveen
31:33
is
31:33
fine,
31:34
but
31:34
I
31:34
think
31:35
we
31:35
can
31:35
all
31:35
agree
31:35
Keanu
31:36
would
31:36
be
31:37
the
31:37
better
31:37
choice
31:37
for
31:38
such
31:38
an
31:38
ambitious,
31:39
strong
31:39
willed
31:40
young
31:40
woman
31:40
like
31:41
Tiana.
31:41
In
31:42
fact,
31:42
Keanu
31:42
would
31:43
be
31:43
the
31:43
better
31:43
choice
31:44
for
31:44
all
31:44
of
31:44
us.
31:46
Let's
31:46
move
31:46
on
31:46
to
31:47
the
31:47
music
31:47
though,
31:48
because
31:48
Alan
31:49
Menken,
31:49
who
31:50
was
31:50
the
31:50
go
31:50
to
31:51
guy
31:51
for
31:51
Disney
31:52
animated
31:52
musicals,
31:53
was
31:53
scoring
31:54
Enchanted
31:54
at
31:55
the
31:55
time.
31:55
And
31:55
so
31:56
John
31:56
Lasseter
31:57
decided
31:57
to
31:57
hit
31:57
up
31:57
his
31:58
longtime
31:58
friend
31:59
Randy
31:59
Newman,
32:00
because
32:00
he
32:00
was
32:01
a
32:01
jazz
32:01
composer
32:02
and
32:02
he
32:02
grew
32:03
up
32:03
in
32:03
New
32:03
Orleans.
32:04
And
32:04
this
32:05
for
32:05
me
32:05
is
32:05
a
32:05
movie
32:06
with
32:06
two
32:06
standout
32:07
songs,
32:07
the
32:08
aforementioned
32:08
Almost
32:09
There
32:09
and
32:10
Friends
32:10
on
32:10
the
32:10
Other
32:11
side,
32:11
the
32:11
first
32:12
song
32:12
in
32:12
almost
32:12
a
32:12
decade
32:13
after
32:13
the
32:13
Hellfire
32:14
from
32:14
the
32:14
Hunchback
32:15
of
32:15
Notre
32:15
Dame
32:16
to
32:16
continue
32:16
the
32:17
tradition
32:17
of
32:17
Disney
32:18
villains
32:18
in
32:18
newer
32:19
Disney
32:19
films
32:20
having
32:20
their
32:20
own
32:20
signature
32:21
song,
32:22
Newman
32:23
composed,
32:23
arranged
32:24
and
32:24
conducted
32:25
the
32:25
music
32:25
for
32:25
the
32:25
film,
32:26
a
32:26
mixture
32:27
of
32:27
jazz,
32:27
zydeco,
32:28
blues
32:29
and
32:29
gospel
32:30
styles
32:31
performed
32:31
by
32:31
the
32:31
voice
32:32
cast
32:32
members
32:32
for
32:32
their
32:33
respective
32:33
characters
32:34
and
32:34
R
32:35
and
32:35
B
32:35
singer
32:35
songwriter
32:36
Ne
32:36
yo
32:37
wrote
32:37
and
32:37
performed
32:38
the
32:38
end
32:38
title
32:38
song
32:39
Never
32:39
Knew
32:39
I
32:40
Needed,
32:40
which
32:41
is
32:41
basically
32:41
referring
32:42
to
32:42
the
32:42
romance
32:43
between
32:43
Tiana
32:44
and
32:44
Levine.
32:45
And
32:45
of
32:46
course
32:46
this
32:46
was
32:46
a
32:47
Disney
32:47
movie
32:48
and
32:48
so
32:48
even
32:48
before
32:49
the
32:49
movie
32:49
premiered,
32:50
the
32:50
Disney
32:51
marketing
32:51
machine
32:52
was
32:52
pushing
32:53
Tiana
32:54
Tiana
32:55
Halloween
32:55
costumes
32:56
sold
32:56
out
32:57
for
32:57
Halloween
32:57
2009
32:59
gift
32:59
sets
33:00
of
33:00
Tiana
33:00
themed
33:01
hair
33:01
care
33:01
products
33:02
from
33:02
Carol's
33:02
daughter
33:03
sold
33:04
out
33:04
in
33:04
seven
33:04
hours
33:05
on
33:05
the
33:05
company
33:05
website.
33:06
The
33:07
Disney
33:07
parks
33:07
were
33:08
not
33:08
to
33:08
be
33:08
undone
33:09
and
33:09
Tiana's
33:10
Showboat
33:10
Jubilee
33:11
premiered
33:11
on
33:11
25th
33:12
October
33:13
2009
33:14
at
33:14
the
33:14
Magic
33:15
Kingdom
33:15
theme
33:15
park
33:16
in
33:16
Florida
33:17
and
33:17
on
33:17
the
33:17
5th
33:18
of
33:18
November
33:18
at
33:19
Disneyland
33:19
in
33:19
California
33:20
and
33:20
Tiana's
33:21
Showboat
33:22
Jubilee
33:22
ran
33:22
at
33:22
both
33:23
parks
33:23
until
33:23
3
33:24
January
33:25
2010.
33:26
The
33:27
Princess
33:27
and
33:27
the
33:27
Frog
33:28
released
33:28
on
33:28
25
33:29
November
33:30
2009
33:30
in
33:31
a
33:31
limited
33:31
capacity
33:32
in
33:32
two
33:33
cinemas
33:33
in
33:33
New
33:34
York
33:34
and
33:34
Los
33:34
Angeles
33:35
respectively,
33:36
before
33:36
opening
33:37
wide
33:37
on
33:37
11
33:38
December
33:39
2009.
33:40
Because
33:40
of
33:40
its
33:41
limited
33:41
release,
33:41
it
33:41
opened
33:42
the
33:42
25th
33:43
and
33:43
would
33:43
rise
33:43
to
33:44
number
33:44
one
33:44
in
33:44
its
33:45
fourth
33:45
week
33:45
when
33:45
it
33:46
went
33:46
wide
33:46
and
33:46
it
33:46
didn't
33:47
have
33:47
much
33:47
competition
33:48
until
33:49
one
33:49
week
33:49
later
33:50
when
33:50
Avatar
33:51
released
33:52
the
33:52
highest
33:53
grossing
33:53
movie
33:54
in
33:54
the
33:54
entire
33:55
world
33:55
and
33:55
still
33:56
is
33:57
also
33:58
released
33:58
that
33:58
week
33:59
was
33:59
Alvin
33:59
and
34:00
the
34:00
Chipmunks,
34:00
the
34:00
Squeakquel
34:01
and
34:01
the
34:02
Princess
34:02
and
34:02
the
34:02
Frog
34:02
dropped
34:03
to
34:03
third.
34:04
The
34:04
Princess
34:04
and
34:04
the
34:04
Frog
34:05
stayed
34:05
in
34:05
the
34:05
US
34:06
top
34:06
10
34:06
for
34:07
five
34:07
weeks,
34:08
not
34:08
including
34:08
its
34:09
first
34:09
three
34:10
on
34:11
its
34:11
105
34:12
million
34:12
dollar
34:12
budget.
34:13
The
34:13
Princess
34:13
and
34:13
the
34:14
Frog
34:14
grossed
34:14
$104.4
34:16
million
34:16
domestically
34:17
and
34:18
$162.6
34:20
million
34:20
internationally
34:21
were
34:22
a
34:22
total
34:22
worldwide
34:23
gross
34:23
of
34:23
$267
34:25
million.
34:26
Despite
34:26
becoming
34:27
the
34:27
fifth
34:27
highest
34:28
grossing
34:28
animated
34:29
film
34:29
of
34:29
2009
34:31
and
34:31
outgrossing
34:32
Disney's
34:32
other
34:33
hand
34:33
drawn
34:33
2000s
34:34
projects,
34:35
The
34:35
Emperor's
34:35
New
34:36
Groove,
34:36
Atlantis,
34:37
the
34:37
Lost
34:37
Empire,
34:38
Treasure
34:38
Planet,
34:39
Brother
34:39
Bear
34:40
and
34:40
Home
34:40
of
34:41
the
34:41
Range,
34:42
many
34:42
believed
34:42
it
34:43
had
34:43
simply
34:43
been
34:43
overshadowed
34:44
by
34:44
Avatar
34:45
and
34:45
overall
34:46
it
34:46
was
34:46
seen
34:47
as
34:47
an
34:47
underachievement
34:48
by
34:49
Disney's
34:49
standards.
34:51
It
34:51
has
34:51
an
34:51
86%
34:52
of
34:52
rotten
34:52
tomatoes,
34:53
with
34:53
the
34:53
site's
34:54
general
34:54
consensus
34:55
saying
34:55
the
34:56
warmth
34:56
of
34:56
traditional
34:57
Disney
34:57
animation
34:58
makes
34:58
this
34:58
occasionally
34:59
lightweight
34:59
fairy
35:00
tale
35:00
update
35:01
a
35:01
lively
35:01
and
35:02
captivating
35:02
confection
35:03
for
35:03
the
35:03
holidays.
35:05
The
35:05
Princess
35:05
and
35:05
the
35:06
Frog
35:06
was
35:06
nominated
35:07
for
35:07
the
35:07
Academy
35:07
Award
35:08
for
35:08
Best
35:08
Animated
35:09
Feature,
35:09
where
35:09
it
35:09
lost
35:10
to
35:10
up
35:11
and
35:11
twice
35:11
for
35:11
the
35:12
Academy
35:12
Award
35:12
for
35:12
Best
35:13
Original
35:13
Song,
35:14
but
35:14
it
35:14
lost
35:14
to
35:15
Crazy
35:15
Heart.
35:16
It
35:16
was
35:16
nominated
35:17
for
35:17
the
35:17
Best
35:17
Animated
35:18
Feature
35:18
at
35:18
the
35:18
Golden
35:19
Globes,
35:19
also
35:20
losing
35:20
to
35:20
Up.
35:21
It
35:21
was
35:21
also
35:21
nominated
35:22
for
35:22
eight
35:22
Annie
35:23
Awards
35:23
and
35:24
won
35:24
three.
35:25
So
35:26
the
35:26
general
35:26
criticism
35:27
continued
35:28
around
35:28
this
35:28
movie
35:28
into
35:29
2018
35:30
with
35:30
Tiana's
35:31
appearance
35:31
in
35:31
Ralph
35:32
Breaks
35:32
the
35:32
Internet
35:33
where
35:33
she
35:34
looks
35:34
suspiciously
35:35
light
35:35
skinned
35:36
with
35:36
a
35:36
much
35:36
smaller
35:37
nose.
35:37
In
35:37
the
35:37
first
35:38
trailer,
35:39
Disney
35:39
contacted
35:40
Anika
35:41
Noni
35:41
Rose
35:41
and
35:41
the
35:42
advocacy
35:42
group
35:42
Color
35:43
of
35:43
Change
35:43
to
35:44
redesign
35:44
Tiana
35:45
for
35:45
Ralph
35:45
Breaks
35:46
the
35:46
Internet
35:46
to
35:47
make
35:47
sure
35:47
she
35:47
more
35:48
closely
35:48
resembled
35:49
her
35:49
actual
35:49
appearance,
35:50
which
35:50
was
35:50
revealed
35:51
in
35:51
the
35:51
second
35:52
trailer.
35:53
Rose
35:53
released
35:54
her
35:54
own
35:54
statement
35:55
on
35:55
the
35:55
matter.
35:55
Quote
35:56
they
35:56
explained
35:57
how
35:57
CGI
35:58
animation
35:58
did
35:58
different
35:59
things
35:59
to
35:59
the
35:59
characters
36:00
color
36:00
tones
36:00
in
36:01
different
36:01
light
36:01
compared
36:02
to
36:02
hand
36:02
drawn
36:03
original
36:03
characters
36:04
and
36:04
I
36:04
was
36:04
able
36:04
to
36:05
express
36:05
how
36:05
important
36:06
it
36:06
is
36:06
to
36:06
the
36:07
little
36:07
girls
36:07
and
36:08
let's
36:08
face
36:08
it,
36:08
grown
36:09
women
36:09
who
36:10
felt
36:10
represented
36:11
by
36:11
her
36:11
that
36:11
her
36:12
skin
36:12
tones
36:12
stay
36:13
as
36:13
rich
36:13
as
36:13
it
36:13
had
36:14
been
36:14
and
36:14
that
36:14
her
36:15
nose
36:15
continued
36:16
to
36:16
be
36:16
the
36:16
little
36:16
round
36:17
nose
36:17
that
36:17
Mark
36:18
Henn
36:18
so
36:18
beautifully
36:19
rendered
36:19
in
36:19
the
36:19
movie.
36:20
The
36:20
same
36:21
nose
36:21
on
36:21
my
36:21
very
36:21
own
36:22
face
36:22
and
36:23
on
36:23
many
36:23
other
36:23
little
36:24
brown
36:24
faces
36:24
around
36:25
the
36:25
world
36:25
that
36:26
we
36:26
so
36:26
rarely
36:26
get
36:26
to
36:27
see
36:27
represented
36:28
in
36:28
fantasy.
36:28
End
36:29
quote.
36:30
In
36:30
December
36:31
2020,
36:32
Disney
36:32
announced
36:32
a
36:33
television
36:33
spin
36:34
off
36:34
titled
36:34
Tiana
36:35
was
36:35
in
36:35
development
36:36
for
36:36
Disney
36:37
with
36:37
Anika
36:38
Noni
36:38
Rose
36:38
reprising
36:39
the
36:39
role.
36:40
A
36:40
first
36:40
look
36:41
was
36:41
revealed
36:41
in
36:41
2021
36:43
with
36:43
the
36:43
series
36:43
scheduled
36:44
to
36:44
release
36:44
in
36:45
2022.
36:46
The
36:46
release
36:47
date
36:47
was
36:47
later
36:47
changed
36:48
to
36:48
2023
36:50
and
36:50
then
36:50
2024.
36:52
In
36:52
March
36:53
2023
36:54
the
36:54
show's
36:54
page
36:55
changed
36:55
to
36:56
Coming
36:56
soon
36:57
with
36:57
a
36:57
mention
36:58
of
36:58
a
36:58
date
36:58
removed
36:59
and
36:59
in
36:59
March
37:00
2025
37:01
it
37:01
was
37:01
announced
37:01
that
37:01
the
37:02
series
37:02
had
37:03
been
37:03
very
37:03
disappointingly
37:04
cancelled.
37:05
Now
37:06
there
37:06
is
37:06
no
37:06
remake
37:07
of
37:07
the
37:07
Princess
37:07
and
37:08
the
37:08
Frog.
37:08
There
37:09
was
37:09
talks
37:09
of
37:09
a
37:09
live
37:10
action
37:10
remake,
37:11
would
37:11
you
37:11
believe?
37:11
I'm
37:12
sure
37:12
that
37:12
you
37:12
can,
37:13
but
37:13
there
37:13
was
37:14
a
37:14
remake
37:14
of
37:14
Splash
37:15
Mountain.
37:16
Splash
37:16
Mountain
37:17
was
37:17
of
37:17
course
37:18
themed
37:18
on
37:18
the
37:19
highly
37:19
problematic
37:20
Song
37:20
of
37:20
the
37:20
south
37:21
and
37:21
it
37:21
was
37:22
announced
37:22
in
37:22
2020
37:23
that
37:23
Splash
37:24
Mountain
37:24
would
37:25
be
37:25
re
37:25
themed
37:26
based
37:26
on
37:26
the
37:26
Princess
37:27
and
37:27
the
37:27
Frog
37:27
instead
37:28
at
37:28
Disneyland
37:29
and
37:29
Magic
37:29
Kingdom.
37:30
The
37:30
question
37:31
remains
37:31
why
37:31
they
37:32
didn't
37:32
do
37:32
it
37:32
sooner.
37:33
To
37:33
be
37:33
honest,
37:34
the
37:34
attraction
37:34
storyline
37:35
takes
37:35
place
37:36
after
37:36
the
37:36
events
37:36
of
37:36
the
37:36
film
37:37
with
37:37
Tiana
37:38
hosting
37:38
a
37:38
party
37:38
for
37:39
the
37:39
people
37:39
of
37:39
New
37:40
Orleans
37:40
during
37:40
Carnival
37:41
season.
37:42
Due
37:42
to
37:42
a
37:42
mix
37:43
up,
37:43
her
37:43
celebration
37:44
is
37:44
missing
37:44
a
37:44
band
37:45
and
37:45
she
37:45
needs
37:45
the
37:46
guests
37:46
help
37:46
to
37:46
find
37:47
one
37:47
as
37:47
they
37:47
joined
37:48
her
37:48
and
37:48
Lewis
37:48
on
37:49
a
37:49
trip
37:49
to
37:49
the
37:49
Bayou
37:50
to
37:50
search
37:50
for
37:50
critter
37:51
musicians.
37:52
Anika
37:53
Noni
37:53
Rose,
37:53
Bruno
37:54
Campos,
37:55
Michael-Leon
37:55
Woolley
37:56
and
37:56
Jennifer
37:56
Lewis
37:57
would
37:57
reprise
37:58
their
37:58
roles
37:58
and
37:59
Bruno
37:59
Campos
38:00
actually
38:00
came
38:00
out
38:01
of
38:01
voice
38:01
acting
38:01
retirement
38:02
to
38:02
do
38:02
so.
38:04
Tiana's
38:04
Bayou
38:05
Adventure
38:05
opened
38:06
at
38:06
magic
38:06
Kingdom
38:07
on
38:07
28
38:07
June
38:08
2024
38:09
and
38:09
at
38:10
Disneyland
38:10
on
38:10
15
38:11
November
38:12
2024.
38:13
Tiana's
38:14
Palace,
38:14
a
38:15
creole
38:15
cuisine
38:16
quick
38:16
service
38:16
style
38:17
restaurant
38:17
inspired
38:18
by
38:18
Tiana's
38:19
restaurant
38:19
in
38:19
the
38:20
movie,
38:20
opened
38:21
on
38:21
7th
38:22
September
38:22
2023
38:23
at
38:23
Disneyland,
38:24
where
38:24
you
38:24
can
38:24
try
38:25
Tiana's
38:26
famous
38:26
beignets
38:27
as
38:27
well
38:27
as
38:27
the
38:28
house
38:28
gumbo
38:29
sausage,
38:29
Po
38:29
Boy
38:30
sandwich,
38:30
shrimp
38:31
and
38:31
grits
38:31
with
38:31
a
38:32
side
38:32
of
38:32
buttermilk,
38:32
cornbread
38:33
or
38:33
collard
38:34
greens.
38:35
Following
38:36
the
38:36
Princess
38:36
and
38:37
the
38:37
Frog,
38:37
Disney
38:37
considered
38:38
releasing
38:38
at
38:39
least
38:39
one
38:39
hand
38:40
drawn
38:40
animated
38:41
film
38:41
every
38:41
two
38:42
years,
38:43
starting
38:43
with
38:43
Winnie
38:44
the
38:44
Pooh
38:44
in
38:44
2011
38:45
and
38:46
then
38:46
continuing
38:46
with
38:47
a
38:47
film
38:47
inspired
38:48
by
38:48
the
38:48
Snow
38:48
Queen.
38:49
Winnie
38:50
the
38:50
Pooh
38:50
was
38:50
being
38:51
developed
38:51
at
38:52
the
38:52
time
38:52
of
38:52
the
38:52
Princess
38:53
and
38:53
the
38:53
Frog's
38:53
release,
38:54
and
38:54
it
38:54
would
38:54
be
38:55
the
38:55
last
38:55
traditionally
38:56
hand
38:56
drawn
38:57
Disney
38:57
animated
38:58
movie.
38:58
The
38:59
Princess
38:59
and
38:59
the
38:59
Frog
39:00
was
39:00
blamed
39:00
for
39:00
the
39:00
demise
39:01
in
39:01
2D
39:01
animation,
39:02
as
39:03
well
39:03
as
39:03
the
39:03
catalyst
39:04
for
39:04
the
39:04
renaming
39:04
of
39:05
Rapunzel
39:05
into
39:06
Tangled
39:06
and
39:07
the
39:07
switch
39:07
of
39:07
the
39:07
traditionally
39:08
animated
39:09
Snow
39:09
Queen
39:10
into
39:10
the
39:10
CGI
39:11
Frozen.
39:12
Ed
39:13
Catmull
39:13
would
39:13
look
39:14
back
39:14
and
39:14
suggest
39:14
Disney
39:15
had
39:15
mistakenly
39:16
marketed
39:16
the
39:16
Princess
39:17
and
39:17
the
39:17
Frog.
39:18
Their
39:18
marketing
39:19
department
39:19
had
39:19
warned
39:20
Disney
39:20
Animation
39:21
that
39:21
the
39:21
word
39:21
princess
39:22
in
39:22
the
39:22
title
39:23
would
39:23
lead
39:23
moviegoers
39:24
to
39:24
think
39:24
the
39:24
film
39:25
was
39:25
for
39:25
girls
39:26
only,
39:26
but
39:27
management
39:27
insisted
39:28
on
39:28
keeping
39:28
the
39:28
princess
39:29
title
39:30
because
39:30
they
39:30
believed
39:31
that
39:31
film's
39:31
quality
39:32
and
39:32
hand
39:32
drawn
39:33
animation
39:33
would
39:33
bring
39:33
in
39:34
all
39:34
the
39:34
quadrants
39:35
anyway.
39:36
Nowadays
39:37
it
39:37
might
39:37
be
39:37
called
39:38
Bayou
39:38
or
39:39
Frog
39:39
or
39:40
something
39:40
similarly
39:40
random.
39:41
The
39:42
return
39:42
to
39:42
traditional
39:43
animation
39:43
on
39:43
its
39:44
own
39:44
may
39:44
have
39:44
worked,
39:45
and
39:45
the
39:45
way
39:45
Princess
39:46
and
39:46
the
39:46
title
39:46
may
39:46
have
39:47
worked,
39:47
but
39:47
apparently
39:48
not
39:49
together.
39:50
In
39:51
2022,
39:52
though,
39:52
Disney
39:52
animator
39:53
Eric
39:53
Goldberg
39:54
said
39:54
in
39:54
an
39:54
interview
39:55
with
39:55
IndieWire
39:56
the
39:56
Disney
39:56
Animation
39:57
Studios
39:58
would
39:58
be
39:58
returning
39:59
to
39:59
2D
39:59
animation.
40:01
According
40:01
to
40:01
Goldberg,
40:02
current
40:02
plans
40:03
for
40:03
2D
40:03
projects
40:04
include
40:05
Legacy
40:05
originals,
40:06
hybrids
40:07
as
40:07
well
40:07
as
40:08
both
40:08
features
40:08
and
40:09
series.
40:10
In
40:10
2021,
40:11
then
40:11
Disney
40:12
chief
40:12
Creative
40:12
Officer
40:13
Jennifer
40:13
Lee,
40:14
director
40:14
of
40:14
Frozen
40:15
and
40:15
Frozen
40:15
2,
40:16
and
40:16
Disney
40:17
Animation
40:17
Studios
40:18
President
40:18
Clark
40:18
Spencer
40:19
launched
40:20
a
40:20
hand
40:20
drawn
40:21
animation
40:21
Training
40:22
program
40:23
where
40:23
six
40:23
trainees
40:24
were
40:24
trained
40:24
for
40:24
12
40:25
months.
40:25
Under
40:26
Goldberg,
40:27
Mark
40:27
Henn,
40:27
Randy
40:28
Haycock
40:28
and
40:28
Rachel
40:29
Bibb.
40:30
The
40:30
Sketchbook
40:31
docu
40:31
series
40:31
on
40:31
Disney
40:33
aimed
40:33
to
40:33
celebrate
40:34
and
40:34
sustain
40:34
the
40:35
hand
40:35
drawn
40:35
legacy,
40:36
reflecting
40:36
a
40:37
renewed
40:37
internal
40:38
appreciation
40:38
for
40:39
the
40:39
craft.
40:40
As
40:40
recently
40:41
as
40:41
2025,
40:42
current
40:42
Chief
40:43
Creative
40:43
Officer
40:44
of
40:44
Walt
40:44
Disney
40:44
Animation
40:45
Studios.
40:45
Jared
40:46
Bush,
40:46
co
40:47
director
40:47
of
40:47
Zootopia,
40:48
director
40:48
of
40:48
Encanto
40:49
and
40:49
Zootopia
40:50
2,
40:51
hinted
40:51
at
40:51
the
40:51
2D
40:52
animation
40:52
revival
40:53
during
40:53
interviews
40:54
at
40:54
the
40:54
Annecy
40:55
International
40:55
Animation
40:56
Film
40:56
Festival.
40:57
So
40:58
there
40:58
is
40:58
hope
40:58
that
40:59
one
40:59
day
40:59
soon
41:00
Disney
41:00
may
41:01
return
41:01
to
41:01
2D
41:02
hand
41:02
drawn
41:02
animation.
41:03
And
41:03
if
41:04
and
41:04
when
41:04
they
41:04
do,
41:05
we
41:05
need
41:05
to
41:06
support
41:06
it,
41:06
because
41:06
if
41:07
we
41:07
don't,
41:08
I
41:08
fear
41:08
that
41:08
it
41:08
will
41:09
disappear
41:09
again.
41:09
And
41:10
it
41:10
is
41:10
truly
41:10
one
41:10
of
41:11
the
41:11
most
41:11
majestic
41:12
and
41:12
wonderful
41:13
crafts
41:13
that
41:13
exist
41:14
in
41:14
the
41:14
world.
41:15
And
41:15
the
41:15
Princess
41:16
and
41:16
the
41:16
Frog
41:17
is
41:17
a
41:17
movie
41:18
rooted
41:18
in
41:18
fantasy
41:19
and
41:19
reality.
41:20
A
41:21
real
41:21
city
41:21
set
41:22
during
41:22
a
41:22
real
41:22
time
41:23
period
41:23
with
41:24
real
41:24
music,
41:25
arts
41:25
and
41:25
culture,
41:26
but
41:26
also
41:26
where
41:26
the
41:27
lead
41:27
characters
41:27
turn
41:27
into
41:28
frogs.
41:28
So
41:28
there
41:29
was
41:29
a
41:29
little
41:29
artistic
41:30
license
41:30
here.
41:31
But
41:32
naturally,
41:33
with
41:33
depicting
41:33
black
41:34
people
41:34
in
41:34
the
41:35
American
41:35
south
41:36
during
41:36
the
41:36
1920s,
41:38
when
41:38
we
41:38
know
41:38
the
41:39
Jim
41:39
Crow
41:39
laws
41:40
enforce
41:40
racial
41:41
segregation,
41:42
it
41:42
does
41:42
make
41:43
sense
41:43
that
41:43
this
41:43
movie
41:44
would
41:44
be
41:44
criticized
41:45
for
41:45
historical
41:46
denialism.
41:48
Things
41:48
like
41:48
Tiana
41:49
and
41:49
her
41:49
mother
41:49
riding
41:50
public
41:50
transport
41:51
would
41:51
have
41:51
been
41:52
segregated.
41:53
And
41:53
there's
41:53
no
41:53
way
41:54
Charlotte
41:54
could
41:54
have
41:55
married
41:55
Naveen
41:56
when
41:56
interracial
41:57
marriage
41:57
wasn't
41:57
legal
41:58
in
41:58
all
41:58
of
41:58
the
41:58
US
41:59
until
41:59
1967.
42:01
And
42:01
Naveen
42:01
himself
42:02
comes
42:02
from
42:02
a
42:02
fictional
42:03
country
42:03
with
42:04
an
42:04
ambiguous
42:04
racial
42:05
background
42:05
on
42:06
purpose,
42:06
because
42:07
they
42:07
couldn't
42:07
have
42:07
him
42:08
be
42:08
white,
42:08
but
42:09
they
42:09
also
42:09
couldn't
42:09
have
42:10
him
42:10
be
42:10
black
42:11
because
42:11
that
42:11
might
42:12
alienate
42:12
white
42:13
audiences.
42:14
And
42:14
then
42:14
there's
42:14
the
42:15
whole
42:15
you
42:15
finally
42:15
get
42:16
an
42:16
African
42:16
American
42:17
princess
42:17
and
42:18
she's
42:18
smart
42:19
and
42:19
ambitious
42:20
and
42:20
isn't
42:20
looking
42:21
for
42:21
a
42:21
man
42:21
to
42:21
save
42:21
her
42:22
and
42:22
a
42:22
great
42:23
role
42:23
model
42:23
for
42:23
everyone,
42:24
especially
42:25
little
42:25
black
42:25
children.
42:26
And
42:26
then
42:26
you
42:26
make
42:27
her
42:27
a
42:27
frog
42:27
for
42:28
most
42:28
of
42:28
the
42:28
movie.
42:29
This
42:30
movie
42:30
is
42:30
so
42:30
brilliant
42:31
and
42:31
so
42:31
progressive
42:32
in
42:32
many
42:32
ways,
42:33
but
42:33
in
42:33
others
42:33
it's
42:34
not.
42:34
And
42:35
I
42:35
fully
42:35
understand
42:35
there
42:36
are
42:36
people
42:36
who
42:36
love
42:36
this
42:37
movie
42:37
completely
42:37
because
42:38
they
42:38
finally
42:39
saw
42:39
a
42:39
black
42:39
princess.
42:40
But
42:40
then
42:41
there
42:41
are
42:41
others
42:41
who
42:41
can
42:42
see
42:42
the
42:42
racial
42:42
politics
42:43
that
42:43
are
42:43
clearly
42:43
involved,
42:44
none
42:44
of
42:45
which
42:45
are
42:45
justified
42:45
by
42:46
having
42:46
white
42:46
directors
42:47
and
42:47
screenwriters
42:48
and
42:49
a
42:49
mostly
42:49
white
42:49
creative
42:50
team
42:51
and
42:51
their
42:51
idea
42:52
to
42:52
set
42:52
the
42:52
movie
42:52
in
42:52
New
42:53
Orleans.
42:53
And
42:53
from
42:54
that,
42:54
make
42:54
Tiana
42:55
African
42:55
American
42:56
is
42:56
important
42:57
and
42:57
it
42:57
is
42:57
to
42:57
be
42:58
praised
42:58
that
42:58
they
42:59
would
42:59
be
42:59
so
42:59
forward
42:59
thinking.
43:00
But
43:01
when
43:01
you
43:01
are
43:01
representing
43:02
minorities,
43:03
you
43:03
need
43:03
to
43:03
be
43:03
mindful
43:04
of
43:04
the
43:04
high
43:04
expectations
43:05
and
43:06
critical
43:06
concerns
43:07
and
43:07
avoiding
43:07
those
43:07
stereotypes.
43:09
I
43:09
think
43:09
Tiana
43:10
is
43:10
wonderful
43:10
as
43:11
a
43:11
character,
43:11
as
43:12
a
43:12
princess,
43:13
as
43:13
just
43:13
the
43:13
representation
43:14
sorely
43:14
needed.
43:15
But
43:15
everything
43:16
around
43:16
her
43:16
is
43:17
just
43:17
almost
43:17
there
43:18
to
43:18
coin
43:19
her
43:19
own
43:19
song.
43:20
Even
43:21
the
43:21
white
43:21
characters
43:22
around
43:22
her
43:22
are
43:23
ever
43:23
so
43:23
slightly
43:23
problematic
43:24
in
43:25
that
43:25
it's
43:25
clear
43:25
Tiana
43:26
and
43:26
her
43:26
mother
43:26
Eudora
43:27
are
43:28
paid
43:28
employees
43:28
for
43:29
the
43:29
labeouf
43:29
family.
43:30
Eudora
43:31
may
43:31
be
43:31
the
43:31
best
43:31
seamstress
43:32
in
43:32
town,
43:32
but
43:33
otherwise
43:34
her
43:34
daughter
43:34
and
43:34
Big
43:35
Daddy's
43:35
daughter
43:35
wouldn't
43:36
otherwise
43:36
be
43:36
friends.
43:37
The
43:37
labeoufs
43:38
live
43:38
in
43:38
the
43:39
Garden
43:39
District,
43:39
wealthy,
43:40
opulent
43:41
and
43:41
white.
43:42
And
43:42
Eudora
43:43
and
43:43
Tiana
43:43
live
43:44
miles
43:44
away
43:44
in
43:45
the
43:45
poorer
43:45
black
43:46
neighborhood.
43:47
Charlotte
43:47
isn't
43:48
the
43:48
stereotypical
43:49
white
43:49
adversary.
43:50
She's
43:50
supportive
43:51
of
43:51
Tiana.
43:51
But
43:52
are
43:52
they
43:52
friends
43:52
because
43:53
they're
43:53
friends
43:54
or
43:54
friends
43:54
because
43:55
Tiana
43:55
can
43:55
supply
43:56
Charlotte
43:57
and
43:57
Big
43:57
Daddy
43:58
with
43:58
her
43:58
foodstuffs?
43:59
Even
44:00
an
44:00
invite
44:00
to
44:00
that
44:00
party
44:01
is
44:01
kind
44:02
of
44:02
on
44:02
the
44:02
condition
44:02
that
44:03
Tiana
44:03
serve
44:04
food
44:04
rather
44:04
than
44:05
be
44:05
a
44:05
guest
44:05
in
44:06
her
44:06
own
44:06
right.
44:07
And
44:07
I'm
44:08
a
44:08
white
44:08
person.
44:09
I
44:09
am
44:09
super
44:10
white.
44:10
And
44:11
as
44:11
much
44:11
as
44:11
I
44:11
love
44:11
this
44:12
movie,
44:12
there
44:12
are
44:12
parts
44:12
that
44:13
don't
44:13
quite
44:13
sit
44:14
right
44:14
with
44:14
me.
44:15
But
44:15
I
44:15
honestly
44:16
do
44:16
think
44:16
it
44:16
is
44:16
a
44:16
beautifully
44:17
animated
44:18
return
44:18
to
44:18
Disney's
44:19
animation
44:19
heyday.
44:20
I
44:21
can't
44:21
express
44:21
enough
44:21
how
44:22
much
44:22
I
44:22
adore
44:23
Tiana
44:23
as
44:23
a
44:23
character,
44:25
that
44:25
she's
44:25
ambitious,
44:26
hard
44:26
working
44:26
and
44:27
a
44:27
great
44:27
role
44:28
model.
44:28
I
44:29
think
44:29
Charlotte
44:29
is
44:30
hilarious
44:30
and
44:30
I
44:31
do
44:31
love
44:31
their
44:31
friendship
44:32
and
44:32
how
44:32
pure
44:32
it
44:33
is.
44:33
I
44:33
even
44:34
appreciate
44:34
the
44:34
playboy
44:35
that
44:35
is
44:35
Naveen
44:36
just
44:36
for
44:36
being
44:36
a
44:37
hot
44:37
prince.
44:38
And
44:38
the
44:38
visuals.
44:39
Drawing
44:39
friends
44:39
on
44:39
the
44:40
other
44:40
side
44:40
is
44:40
worth
44:40
the
44:41
price
44:41
of
44:41
admission
44:41
alone.
44:42
And
44:43
just
44:43
on
44:43
Naveen
44:44
and
44:44
the
44:44
ambiguity
44:45
surrounding
44:45
him.
44:46
We
44:46
know
44:46
so
44:47
little
44:47
about
44:47
him
44:48
and
44:48
his
44:48
country.
44:49
I
44:49
know
44:49
he's
44:50
the
44:50
prince
44:50
and
44:51
that
44:51
he
44:51
doesn't
44:51
matter,
44:52
but
44:52
he
44:52
also
44:53
does
44:53
matter.
44:53
And
44:54
this
44:54
was
44:54
a
44:54
great
44:54
opportunity
44:55
to
44:55
have
44:56
perhaps
44:57
an
44:57
African
44:57
prince.
44:58
There
44:58
are
44:59
many
44:59
countries
44:59
in
44:59
Africa
45:00
that
45:00
have
45:00
royal
45:01
lineages.
45:02
Or
45:02
like,
45:03
in
45:03
coming
45:03
to
45:03
America,
45:04
they
45:04
could
45:04
have
45:04
created
45:05
something
45:05
like
45:06
Zamunda
45:06
instead
45:07
of
45:07
having
45:07
a
45:07
brown
45:08
prince
45:08
with
45:08
a
45:08
South
45:09
Asian
45:09
name
45:09
voiced
45:10
by
45:10
a
45:10
Brazilian
45:11
doing
45:11
a
45:11
French
45:12
accent
45:12
from
45:13
a
45:13
fictional
45:13
European
45:14
sounding
45:15
country
45:15
called
45:15
Maldonia.
45:17
Nevertheless,
45:18
the
45:18
New
45:18
Orleans
45:19
and
45:19
bayou
45:19
settings
45:20
are
45:20
stunning.
45:21
The
45:21
jazz
45:22
music
45:22
is
45:22
wonderful.
45:23
There's
45:23
so
45:24
much
45:24
rich
45:24
detail.
45:25
It
45:25
feels
45:26
so
45:26
magical
45:26
and
45:27
fairytale,
45:27
like
45:28
despite
45:29
being
45:29
set
45:29
in
45:29
real
45:30
places.
45:30
And
45:31
the
45:31
colors
45:31
are
45:31
vibrant
45:32
and
45:32
rich.
45:33
This
45:33
is
45:33
like
45:34
the
45:34
culmination
45:34
of
45:34
traditional
45:35
2D
45:35
hand
45:36
drawn
45:36
with
45:36
digital
45:37
assistants
45:37
coming
45:38
together
45:38
just
45:39
so
45:39
beautifully
45:40
that
45:40
often
45:40
you
45:41
can't
45:41
tell
45:41
what's
45:41
digital
45:42
and
45:42
what's
45:43
not.
45:44
But
45:45
if
45:45
you
45:45
have
45:45
this
45:46
groundbreaking
45:46
movie
45:47
with
45:47
the
45:47
first
45:47
black
45:48
Disney
45:48
princess,
45:49
you
45:49
need
45:50
her
45:50
to
45:50
be
45:51
an
45:51
incredible
45:51
African
45:52
American
45:52
woman
45:53
for
45:53
more
45:53
than
45:54
just
45:54
17
45:55
minutes.
45:56
This
45:56
film's
45:57
total
45:57
runtime
45:57
is
45:57
97
45:58
minutes,
45:59
which
45:59
means
45:59
Tiana
46:00
spends
46:00
less
46:00
than
46:01
18%
46:01
of
46:02
her
46:02
own
46:02
movie
46:03
in
46:03
human
46:03
form.
46:04
The
46:04
rest
46:04
of
46:05
the
46:05
time
46:05
she's
46:05
a
46:05
frog.
46:06
But
46:07
I
46:08
keep
46:08
saying,
46:08
but
46:09
every
46:09
word
46:10
of
46:10
criticism
46:10
does
46:11
not
46:11
and
46:11
cannot
46:12
take
46:13
away
46:13
from
46:13
the
46:13
immense
46:14
impact
46:14
the
46:14
film
46:15
had
46:15
on
46:16
children,
46:16
especially
46:17
black
46:17
girls
46:18
who
46:18
finally
46:19
saw
46:19
themselves
46:20
as
46:20
a
46:20
Disney
46:20
princess.
46:22
People
46:22
love
46:22
Tiana
46:23
so
46:23
much
46:24
because
46:24
she's
46:24
so
46:25
vitally
46:25
important.
46:26
So
46:26
when
46:26
Disney
46:27
got
46:27
it
46:27
wrong
46:27
and
46:27
lightened
46:28
her
46:28
skin
46:28
for
46:29
another
46:29
movie,
46:30
it's
46:30
right
46:31
that
46:31
people
46:31
should
46:31
be
46:31
up
46:31
in
46:32
arms.
46:32
Tiana
46:33
is
46:33
valuable
46:34
and
46:34
her
46:34
values
46:35
of
46:35
hard
46:36
work,
46:36
never
46:37
giving
46:37
up
46:37
and
46:37
doing
46:38
what's
46:38
right
46:38
are
46:39
universal.
46:40
Anika
46:41
Noni
46:41
Rose
46:41
was
46:42
named
46:42
a
46:42
Disney
46:43
Legend
46:43
on
46:43
19
46:44
August
46:44
2011
46:45
at
46:45
the
46:46
same
46:46
ceremony
46:46
as
46:47
fellow
46:47
princesses
46:48
Jodi
46:48
Benson,
46:49
Paige
46:49
o'Hara,
46:50
Lea
46:50
Salonga
46:51
and
46:51
Linda
46:51
Larkin.
46:52
That's
46:53
Ariel,
46:53
Belle
46:54
Mulan
46:54
and
46:55
Jasmine.
46:55
Speaking
46:56
of
46:56
Ariel,
46:57
the
46:57
second
46:57
black
46:57
Disney
46:58
princess
46:58
was
46:59
Ariel
46:59
in
46:59
her
47:00
live
47:00
action
47:00
remake
47:01
and
47:02
in
47:02
my
47:02
opinion
47:03
perfectly
47:04
cast
47:04
Halle
47:04
Bailey.
47:05
But
47:05
again,
47:06
she
47:06
was
47:07
better
47:07
than
47:07
the
47:07
movie
47:08
around
47:08
her.
47:09
The
47:10
Princess
47:10
and
47:10
the
47:10
Frog
47:10
is
47:11
a
47:11
beautiful
47:11
movie
47:12
with
47:12
an
47:12
engaging,
47:13
albeit
47:14
frustrating
47:14
story,
47:15
vivid
47:16
characters,
47:17
some
47:17
good
47:17
laughs,
47:18
some
47:18
terrible
47:19
ones,
47:19
and
47:19
a
47:20
few
47:20
really
47:20
touching
47:20
moments.
47:21
I
47:22
love
47:22
the
47:22
New
47:22
Orleans
47:22
setting
47:23
and
47:23
the
47:24
film
47:24
captures
47:25
the
47:25
atmosphere
47:25
of
47:26
New
47:26
Orleans,
47:26
but
47:26
also
47:27
makes
47:27
it
47:27
magical.
47:28
This
47:28
movie
47:29
feels
47:29
more
47:29
hidden
47:29
than
47:30
other
47:30
princess
47:30
movies.
47:31
It
47:31
feels
47:32
like
47:32
its
47:32
controversies
47:33
have
47:33
weighed
47:33
it
47:34
down
47:34
somewhat,
47:35
but
47:35
Tiana
47:36
rises
47:36
above
47:37
all
47:37
of
47:37
that.
47:38
She
47:38
just
47:38
deserved
47:39
a
47:39
little
47:39
better
47:39
than
47:39
this
47:40
movie
47:40
and
47:41
despite
47:41
a
47:41
couple
47:42
of
47:42
hiccups,
47:42
this
47:43
movie
47:43
deserves
47:44
way
47:44
more
47:45
respect.
47:46
Whether
47:46
you
47:46
think
47:46
it
47:46
started
47:47
the
47:47
Disney
47:47
revival
47:48
era
47:48
or
47:48
not,
47:49
this
47:49
is
47:50
clearly
47:50
a
47:50
labor
47:51
of
47:51
love
47:51
and
47:51
I
47:52
for
47:52
one
47:53
hope
47:53
Disney
47:53
do
47:54
resurrect
47:54
hand
47:54
drawn
47:55
animation
47:55
again
47:55
one
47:55
day.
47:56
And
47:56
if
47:56
this
47:57
has
47:57
opened
47:57
the
47:57
door
47:57
for
47:58
more
47:58
animated
47:59
black
47:59
folklore
48:00
stories,
48:00
that
48:01
can
48:01
only
48:01
be
48:01
a
48:01
good
48:02
thing
48:02
in
48:02
the
48:03
hands
48:03
of
48:03
people
48:03
who
48:04
know
48:04
what
48:05
those
48:05
stories
48:05
actually
48:06
mean.
48:07
As
48:07
I
48:08
said,
48:08
this
48:08
movie
48:09
it's
48:10
almost
48:10
there.
48:12
Thank
48:13
you
48:13
for
48:13
listening.
48:13
As
48:14
always,
48:14
I
48:14
would
48:14
love
48:14
to
48:14
hear
48:14
your
48:15
thoughts
48:15
on
48:15
the
48:15
Princess
48:16
and
48:16
the
48:16
Frog
48:17
and
48:17
thank
48:17
you
48:17
for
48:17
your
48:18
continued
48:18
support
48:18
of
48:19
this
48:19
podcast.
48:20
If
48:21
you
48:21
want
48:21
to
48:21
show
48:22
your
48:22
support
48:22
in
48:22
multiple
48:23
different
48:23
ways,
48:24
you
48:24
could
48:24
leave
48:24
a
48:24
rating
48:25
or
48:25
review
48:25
wherever
48:25
you
48:26
found
48:26
this
48:26
podcast.
48:27
You
48:27
could
48:27
tell
48:28
your
48:28
friends
48:28
and
48:28
family
48:28
about
48:29
this
48:29
podcast
48:30
or
48:30
you
48:30
can
48:31
find
48:31
me
48:31
and
48:31
follow
48:32
me
48:32
on
48:32
social
48:32
media
48:33
and
48:33
you
48:33
can
48:34
share
48:34
the
48:34
podcast
48:34
that
48:35
way.
48:35
I
48:35
am
48:36
at
48:36
Verbal
48:36
Diorama.
48:37
You
48:37
can
48:38
share
48:38
posts
48:39
like
48:39
posts,
48:39
comment
48:40
on
48:40
posts.
48:40
It
48:41
all
48:41
helps
48:41
really
48:42
to
48:42
get
48:42
the
48:42
word
48:43
out
48:43
there
48:43
and
48:43
to
48:43
hopefully
48:44
get
48:44
other
48:45
people
48:45
to
48:45
know
48:46
this
48:46
podcast
48:46
and
48:47
know
48:47
what
48:47
I've
48:47
been
48:47
doing.
48:48
I
48:48
genuinely
48:49
love
48:49
doing
48:49
this
48:50
podcast
48:50
and
48:50
anything
48:51
you
48:51
could
48:51
do
48:51
to
48:51
help
48:52
would
48:52
be
48:52
so
48:53
so
48:53
appreciated.
48:54
If
48:55
you
48:55
like
48:55
this
48:55
episode
48:56
on
48:56
the
48:56
Princess
48:56
and
48:56
the
48:56
Frog,
48:57
there
48:57
are
48:57
also
48:58
many
48:58
previous
48:58
episodes
48:59
on
48:59
Disney
48:59
movies,
49:00
but
49:00
I
49:00
wanted
49:01
to
49:01
highlight
49:01
A
49:01
few
49:02
that
49:02
I
49:02
think
49:02
are
49:03
very
49:03
important
49:03
to
49:04
this
49:04
conversation.
49:05
The
49:05
first
49:06
is
49:06
episode
49:07
36,
49:07
A
49:08
Long
49:08
Time
49:08
Ago
49:09
on
49:09
Treasure
49:10
Planet,
49:10
which
49:11
tells
49:11
the
49:11
story
49:11
of
49:12
Musker
49:12
and
49:12
Clement's
49:13
passion
49:13
project.
49:14
There's
49:15
episode
49:15
190
49:16
on
49:16
the
49:17
Emperor's
49:17
New
49:17
Groove,
49:18
which
49:18
was
49:19
the
49:19
movie
49:19
that
49:19
started
49:20
the
49:20
2000s
49:21
at
49:21
Disney.
49:21
It
49:22
also
49:22
has
49:22
an
49:22
incredibly
49:23
fascinating
49:23
story
49:24
too.
49:24
Episode
49:25
198,
49:26
Tangled,
49:27
the
49:27
movie
49:27
that
49:28
came
49:28
after
49:28
this
49:29
movie
49:29
and
49:30
this
49:30
movie
49:31
obviously
49:31
changed
49:32
that
49:32
movie
49:32
in
49:32
so
49:33
many
49:33
respects.
49:34
Tangled
49:34
would
49:34
turn
49:35
out
49:35
to
49:35
be
49:35
Disney's
49:36
most
49:36
expensive
49:36
movie
49:37
ever
49:37
made
49:38
for
49:38
various
49:38
reasons,
49:39
but
49:39
listen
49:39
to
49:39
the
49:40
episode
49:40
and
49:41
episode
49:41
289,
49:42
Atlantis,
49:43
the
49:43
Lost
49:43
Empire,
49:44
which
49:44
as
49:45
I
49:45
mentioned,
49:45
gained
49:45
a
49:46
huge
49:46
cult
49:46
following
49:47
in
49:47
the
49:47
early
49:47
2000s
49:48
and
49:49
I
49:49
still
49:49
believe
49:49
to
49:50
this
49:50
day
49:50
would
49:51
make
49:51
an
49:51
excellent
49:52
live
49:52
action
49:52
remake.
49:53
But
49:53
as
49:53
we
49:53
know,
49:54
Disney's
49:54
never
49:55
going
49:55
to
49:55
do
49:55
that.
49:56
As
49:56
always,
49:57
give
49:57
me
49:57
feedback,
49:57
let
49:58
me
49:58
know
49:58
what
49:58
you
49:58
think
49:59
of
49:59
my
49:59
recommendations
50:00
and
50:00
if
50:00
you've
50:00
watched
50:01
the
50:01
movies
50:01
and
50:01
if
50:02
you've
50:02
listened
50:02
to
50:02
the
50:03
episodes.
50:04
So
50:05
the
50:05
next
50:05
episode,
50:05
there's
50:06
actually
50:06
going
50:06
to
50:06
be
50:06
three
50:07
episodes
50:08
because
50:08
it's
50:09
this
50:09
podcast's
50:10
seventh
50:10
birthday
50:11
and
50:11
traditionally
50:12
for
50:12
the
50:12
birthday
50:13
of
50:13
this
50:13
podcast,
50:14
I
50:14
tend
50:14
to
50:15
do
50:15
a
50:15
batch
50:16
of
50:16
episodes
50:16
together.
50:17
And
50:18
this
50:18
is
50:18
really
50:18
no
50:18
exception.
50:19
But
50:19
I'm
50:19
gonna
50:20
need
50:20
you
50:20
to
50:20
bring
50:20
your
50:21
tissues
50:21
because
50:22
these
50:22
episodes
50:23
are
50:23
on
50:23
every
50:24
millennial
50:24
kid's
50:25
VHS
50:25
obsession.
50:26
And
50:26
I
50:27
can
50:27
guarantee
50:27
it
50:28
was
50:28
always
50:28
at
50:28
least
50:29
one
50:29
of
50:29
these
50:29
movies
50:30
on
50:30
Repeat
50:31
during
50:31
your
50:31
80s
50:32
or
50:32
90s
50:32
childhood.
50:33
And
50:34
it's
50:34
a
50:34
return
50:34
to
50:34
this
50:35
podcast
50:35
for
50:35
the
50:35
great
50:36
Don
50:36
Bluth
50:37
and
50:37
two
50:37
of
50:38
his
50:38
collaborations
50:38
with
50:39
Steven
50:39
Spielberg
50:40
sandwiched
50:41
between
50:42
previous
50:42
episodes
50:42
of
50:43
this
50:43
podcast,
50:44
the
50:44
secret
50:44
of
50:44
NIMH
50:45
and
50:45
Anastasia,
50:46
his
50:47
80s
50:47
heyday
50:48
with
50:48
an
50:48
American
50:49
tale,
50:49
the
50:50
Land
50:50
Before
50:50
Time
50:51
and
50:51
All
50:51
Dogs
50:52
Go
50:52
to
50:52
Heaven,
50:53
which
50:53
we're
50:54
actually
50:54
coincidentally
50:55
returning
50:55
to
50:56
New
50:56
Orleans
50:56
for.
50:57
So
50:57
that's
50:57
fun,
50:57
isn't
50:58
it?
50:58
As
50:58
I
50:59
said,
50:59
these
50:59
episodes
50:59
are
51:00
going
51:00
to
51:00
be
51:00
coming
51:00
out
51:00
quite
51:01
close
51:01
to
51:01
each
51:01
other
51:02
within
51:02
kind
51:02
of
51:02
a
51:03
week's
51:03
period.
51:04
So
51:05
please
51:05
join
51:05
me
51:05
for
51:06
the
51:06
next
51:06
three
51:07
episodes
51:07
for
51:08
this
51:08
podcast's
51:09
seventh
51:09
birthday,
51:10
where
51:10
I'm
51:10
going
51:10
to
51:10
be
51:10
talking
51:11
about
51:11
the
51:11
history
51:11
and
51:11
legacy
51:12
of
51:12
an
51:13
American
51:13
tale,
51:14
the
51:14
Land
51:14
Before
51:15
Time
51:15
and
51:16
All
51:16
Dogs
51:16
Go
51:16
to
51:17
Heaven.
51:18
A
51:18
huge
51:18
thank
51:18
you
51:19
to
51:19
the
51:19
amazing
51:19
patrons
51:20
of
51:20
this
51:20
podcast
51:21
to
51:22
Simon,
51:22
Laurel,
51:23
Derek,
51:23
Kat,
51:24
Andy,
51:24
Mike,
51:25
Luke,
51:25
Michael,
51:26
Scott,
51:26
Brendan,
51:27
Ian,
51:27
Lisa,
51:28
Sam,
51:29
Jack,
51:29
Dave,
51:30
Stuart,
51:30
Nicholas,
51:31
so
51:31
Kev,
51:32
Danny,
51:32
Stu,
51:33
Brett,
51:33
Philip
51:34
M.
51:34
Xenos,
51:35
Sean,
51:35
Rhino,
51:36
Philip
51:36
K,
51:37
Adam,
51:37
Elaine,
51:38
Kyle,
51:38
Aaron,
51:39
and
51:39
brand
51:40
new
51:40
patron
51:41
Steve.
51:42
Thank
51:42
you
51:42
so
51:42
much
51:43
for
51:43
joining
51:43
the
51:43
Patreon,
51:44
Steve,
51:44
you
51:44
are
51:45
so
51:45
very
51:45
welcome
51:46
here,
51:46
pull
51:46
up
51:46
a
51:46
chair.
51:47
I'm
51:47
just
51:48
so
51:48
happy
51:48
to
51:48
have
51:48
you
51:49
here
51:49
and
51:49
to
51:50
welcome
51:50
you
51:50
to
51:50
the
51:50
Verbal
51:51
Diorama
51:51
Patreon.
51:52
If
51:52
you
51:52
want
51:53
to
51:53
get
51:53
in
51:53
touch,
51:53
you
51:53
can
51:54
email
51:54
verbaldiora@gmail.com
51:57
you
51:57
can
51:57
also
51:57
go
51:58
to
51:58
the
51:58
website
51:58
verbaldiorama.com
52:00
and
52:00
you
52:00
can
52:00
fill
52:01
out
52:01
the
52:01
contact
52:01
form.
52:02
You
52:02
can
52:03
say
52:03
hello,
52:03
you
52:03
can
52:03
give
52:03
feedback
52:04
or
52:04
you
52:04
can
52:04
give
52:05
suggestions.
52:06
I
52:06
would
52:06
genuinely
52:07
love
52:07
to
52:07
hear
52:07
from
52:07
you.
52:08
You
52:08
can
52:08
also
52:08
DM
52:08
me
52:09
on
52:09
social
52:09
media
52:09
as
52:10
well.
52:10
I
52:11
really
52:11
love
52:11
to
52:11
hear
52:11
from
52:11
people
52:12
and
52:12
I
52:12
always
52:12
try
52:13
to
52:13
respond
52:13
as
52:13
quickly
52:14
as
52:14
possible.
52:15
I'm
52:15
hugely
52:15
grateful
52:16
to
52:16
you
52:16
all
52:16
for
52:17
your
52:17
support.
52:18
And
52:18
finally
53:25
Bye.