The Princess and The Flop

In Barry Ronge’s review of the movie The Princess & The Frog he suggests that the film’s lack lustre performance at the box office could be because it is the first time Disney used a black princess. I couldn’t disagree more with this assumption. An excellent story is excellent regardless of the race of the characters or of the actors. The reason of the poor box office performance is could be because the film faced stiff competition in the children movie genre. The film was competing with films like ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ both of which use CGI. So instead of trying to blame a BLACK Princess for meagre movie ticket sales Barry and other movie critics should stop playing the race card and just appreciate a good film. As for Disney they should learn from Avatar and shift with the times. If CGI is what audiences want CGI they should get- be it black, white, brown or yellow.