Most Disney princesses are much more than just princesses. And Tiana ends her movie very much as both a princess and a businesswoman. Why you would want Disney to flatten these characters—“pick one thing and focus on that”—is beyond me given that the films themselves resolutely avoid such simplistic portrayals of their heroines.
A Disney Princess needing a LinkedIn backstory is beyond ME.....and most other people too. Kids (and some adults) go to Disneyland to meet their favorite Disney princess. They don't care if that princess also owns a Co-Op or puts on pants and goes tromping around in salt mines. The whole idea of this attraction is so ridiculous. Nobody cares about a Princess's side hustle.
There is nothing in the movie to suggest that Tiana would dress like a princess going forward. She lives in America and she wants to open a restaurant. And Naveen has no interest in the lifestyle of Prince-dom, and is now fully into helping Tiana fulfill her dreams. Tiana has survived navigating the swamps as a frog, has befriended a ginormous alligator and defeated an evil magician in a one-on-one battle.
Indiana Jones is searching for ingredients for his restaurant in a bayou? With a talking alligator?
It's called a MacGuffin. Tiana is dressing up like Indiana Jones and searching for a MacGuffin. The details aren't what Tony was talking about.
You're kinda proving my point. 6 year old girls dream about growing up to be princesses, not growing up to be a co-op restauranteer. People go to Disneyland to escape the world into fantasy, not to ride rides about people's occupations and to be edjumacated about the socio-political happenings of the world.
The film (you know, the one the complainers supposedly want the ride to be more faithful to) ends with her running a busy restaurant. She doesn’t retire to a life of royal seclusion just because she marries a prince. On the contrary, it’s the princess part that’s the side hustle.
A book-report ride would also not feature Tiana as a princess for most of it.
I would have liked that too. But poof, gone. Since they went ahead with ride-as-sequel, I’m pleased they at least stayed consistent with the character’s interests and ambitions.
I’m not talking about the fact that she would be a frog for most of the ride. I mean that the book-report approach would still fail to solve the princess problem (assuming it’s a problem at all) because the film itself prioritises Tiana the Adventurer and Businesswoman over Tiana the Princess.
Not all girls dream of being princesses. Oh my goodness, I am so glad we live in a world where that’s not the only option.
Agreed. This is why I’m not a fan of the company in its present state. But I am happy that they’re taking an approach to the Tiana character that’s consistent with her words, actions and personality from the film.
Is it a side hustle or trying to live her dream? I thought the movie she wanted to be a great cook? She's not some helpless princess like most of the others, waiting to be rescued.....I dunno why some people can't get that.
