The Princess And The Frog Analysis

Animated films are seemingly the least reliable source to discover historical information. They are produced mainly to capture the audience’s attention and imagination towards the story especially films produced by the widely known Walt Disney Pictures. Although in 2009, Disney released a traditional animated film, The Princess and the Frog, which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana during the 1920’s that accurately depicts the aspects of the Roaring Twenties. The opening of the film displays the people’s lifestyle differing between the blacks and whites. Whites lived in luxury, in extravagant houses with grand landscape capable of hosting large celebrations, while the blacks lived in communities full of shabby, small homes. After World War I, an economic boom occurred throughout the American nation, allowing the people the opportunity to strengthen their economy and lifestyle. As for the blacks, although still living in poverty, small job opportunities became available for them. Blacks often served under whites and before the time of the Civil Rights Movement, they had been continuously discriminated and had little to no freedom especially in the South, which the film lacks to present (Trueman, 1). Instead, the film chooses to illustrate the close friendship between Tiana and her friend Charlotte who live on opposite ends of the economic spectrum. The segregation of the blacks and whites appeared to have been poorly presented making the reality of the bond between the races during the era inaccurate.

Of the many princesses and leading female films that have been produced by Disney, Princess and the Frog portrays the greatest rise of feministic ideals. Even as an African American, Tiana dreams big and strives to achieve what sh...

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...adaptation of the film appeals to the newer generation and the director’s choice of music and visual effects drive the actuality of the twenties away.

Through the works of major motion pictures, film has affected the views and ideas about history. The Princess and the Frog, The Great Gatsby, and Chicago each cover the various aspects that define the 1920’s. The economic prosperity, the rise of the modern women, and the makings ofs the jazz culture erupted into the new era. Although these films may lack in some areas about the twenties’ history, they all reflect on the importance of the era that began the modernization of the country. Even nearly a decade later, it is possible to relive that thriving and thrilling age of rebellious and carefree lifestyles through these highly produced films. The Roaring Twenties ended with a bang, but began the new United States.