Frog on the News

[tealin]

Hey look, They are talking about The Princess and the Frog! Talk about it some more!

Syndicated CNN Video Clip

I post it purely in case someone may be desperate for media coverage – it's only got footage from the teaser, some very predictable statements from talking heads, and narration by a perky yet aggressive woman in that extremely annoying content-light CNN kind of way.

36 days to proper trailer time!



OMG 36 DAYS WUT. [panics a little more]

Comments

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeee!!! I haven't been this excited over a non-Pixar!Disney movie since like... Lilo & Stitch!

And for the record, females in leading Disney Movie roles that would either by birth or by marriage be considered 'princesses' through the term's technical definition are:

1) Snow White
2) *Faline
3) Cinderella
4) Aurora
5) Ariel
6) Belle
7) Jasmine
8) *Nala
9) **Pocahontas
10) Tiana

*Refers to animals. Bambi was consistently called "the Prince of the Forest", which would make his mate "the Princess". Nala was Simba's mate, however, she may have bypassed the role of Princess, since Simba became king before they were... mated(?) and gone straight to 'queen' status. :\ Nevertheless, since Sarabi was still alive when Simba became king, would Nala remain a "Princess" if Sarabi is still Queen, or would the latter now be "Queen Mother"? I digress. Since these characters are all wild animals, they don't technically marry and as such, do not have hereditary titles as humans do. But since Disney is all about equality, I vouch for both Nala and Faline to achieve Princess status!

**Pocahontas is the daughter of a tribal chief, which is not a hereditary title, but one achieved through merit (usually in warfare and/or hunting) in most aboriginal cultures. Nevertheless, since she is the daughter of a monarchial figure at the time when the story takes place, she is a princess when viewed through a European cultural lens.

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

I have to add that Megara was also a princess in the original story.

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

But not in the Disney movie. She was a commoner there.

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

True--I guess my point is that technically, one could put her on the Princess list.

You know, Disney loves princesses so much, it seems a little odd to me that they didn't go the Princess route with her--especially when she was already a "canonical" princess.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

She didn't fit the marketable 'princess' personality type. I mean, how many soccer moms want their little darlings to have a sardonic and duplicitous femme fatale for a role model? The princess line would be so scandalized!

[karalora.livejournal.com]

She wasn't a leading lady, but what about Tiger Lily (Peter Pan)? She's in the same position as Pocahontas, and is even explicitly referred to as a princess in the film.