The Princess And The Frog Analysis

Disney produced the movie “The Princess and the Frog”, an adaptation of the classic fairytale “The Frog Prince” and is set in New Orleans, Louisiana during the 1920’s. In the movie Tiana has a dream about owning her own restaurant. She starts of as a waitress, working multiple jobs to help save the money to buy the mill. Lottie gives Tiana enough money to finish paying for the restaurant because she orders food. Naveen arrives with Lawrence and they find the Dr. Facilier, who transforms Lawrence into Naveen and Naveen into a frog. During Lottie’s party the realtors tell Tiana she’s been outbid and Tiana gets dirty while trying to talk to them. Lottie gets her cleaned up and looking like a princess. Tiana finds Prince Naveen in frog form. He begs her to kiss him and turn him human. Once they kiss Tiana gets turned into a frog too. They escape to find someone to change them back to humans. They get advice about Mama Odie, a voodoo woman in the middle of the swamp who can change them back. Naveen starts learning some simple tasks, such as how to dice food. They find Mama Odie who tells them that they should find what they really want but that to become human they must kiss a princess. They get back to New Orleans
This can be seen as a push for feminism in the movie because it doesn’t focus on her being because she’s a girl. Also it changes how things are normally executed in fairytales. Some examples include Tiana rescuing Naveen, the princess also being changed into an animal, Prince Naveen being a playboy and they changing into a hard worker, and Mama Odie who says to think about your wishes and if that’s really what you want. These are probably introduced into the movie because Disney is looking to find a prompt that will make people watch and buy the movie. Viewers want to have a role model that will be a good example for small children and make them change themselves for the