A new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening, and some Disney followers see it as a fitting replacement to Splash Mountain.
The new theme park attraction updates Tiana’s storyline from the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog” and some fans see it as a fitting replacement to a former ride based on a movie that contained racist tropesA new attraction starring the first Black Disney princess is opening at the company’s U.S. theme park resorts, and some Disney followers see it as a fitting replacement to a former ride based on a movie that contained racist tropes.
“For little Black girls, Tiana has meant a lot. When a little child can see somebody who looks like them, that matters,” said Neal Lester, an English professor at Arizona State University, who has written about Tiana. Not everyone is sold on the belief that opening a ride based on Tiana’s story solves Disney’s past problematic racial depictions.
Imagineers who design the Disney rides are always attempting to look at the attractions with fresh eyes and ways to tell new stories “so that everybody feels included,” said Carmen Smith, a senior vice president for creative development at Walt Disney Imagineering. “Society does change, and we develop different sensibilities,” Carter said. “We focus our stories differently depending what our society needs.”
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