Wait I thought it was very clear and obvious that prince naveen was not black, I thought he was indian because that what he looked like.

I’m playing Belle at the moment and I can’t see at all why she is not feminist?? She is kind and gentle, but she’s just as much stubborn and a bit feisty. She doesn’t fit in cause she is nerdy and awkward, which makes her hard to blend in with the rest of the town. I love her, she’s so interesting to me! She’s not perfect by any means, but she’s a good person and that’s what makes the audience root for her- she literally sacrifices herself for her father, she’s brilliant just the way she is

Anyone who's been to a funeral will say, "It's not wrong to pay last respects to your loved ones." Searching far and wide just to say good-bye to anyone you care deeply about qualifies as love in my book. P.S. Snow White's appearance doesn't make her beautiful. It's her actions: From helping a baby blue bird find their lost parents to joining the Dwarfs in with their singing and dancing, and then entertaining them with a story upon their request. In short: Kindness = Beauty, not the other way around.

Felix and Peppa? Their both hispanic but Felix is mixed with black and Peppa obviously has white heritage

The most annoying scene of Emma as Belle is "be our guest", where she plays like Belle had seen furniture, dishes, and candles dancing-singing-flying all the time in her role life. That was her expression: "Oh, look at the plates having fun, again". Even if they were people, the show was amazing and she was so excited as a white wall.

I can't believe that people feel that Mulan was the worst Disney remake..... the Remake needs to be able to stand on its own I think they use the original movies too heavy😊..... I just hope Disney doesn't mess up the Pocahontas remake😊

Maybe Disney can depict Ariel as a half human half mermaid because in my opinion she's still a princess of the ocean........ they should treat it as if she told her father and the mer-people see you later instead of goodbye😊

Disney might be able to redeem themselves by making live-action original adaptations of the characters and let them cross over.... for example maybe a live-action Princess Tiana and Pocahontas meeting each other with a black antithesis to Dr facilier....... just my thoughts😊

😊🎉 I always thought that Snow White and Cinderella were very similar since they both have cruel stepmothers but something that's bothers me about Snow White is that if Snow White is only 14 why is her stepmother so jealous of her......... I saw a theory recently that implies that when the Prince came to her and kissed her to wake her up that she had actually died at that moment and the prince carried her off to heaven😊 I don't know if this theory is canon

😊 I'm assuming the white gloves means a roast........ I agree with you 100% but keep in mind we have a voice if we want black male representation we can do something about it😊 what they could have done in the Princess and the Frog was probably make Naveen from Africa😊 I don't know if Disney could have pulled that off

The Beauty and the Beast remake was pretty good I went to theaters and saw it but I recently saw a theory that connects Beauty and the Beast to The Princess and the Frog...... I forgot the details but the theory implies that the enchantress that cursed the Beast was Mama Odie😂😂😂 I don't know this theory is canon😊

I went to the movies and saw the Cinderella remake it was really good probably one of the best Disney remakes........ some of the ones that just released weren't so good I just hope that Disney doesn't mess up Pocahontas remake😊😊😊

😊 I know I'm a little late but I just wanted to point out I was one of those people that sort of blamed Cinderella😊 I'm so glad I watched this video because it changed my opinion...... I thought to myself if that house belonged to Cinderella's father shouldn't Cinderella be the rightful owner of that estate but she's been mistreated since a child.... and I can't believe the Cheetah Girls made that bash about Cinderella😂 she represents dreams and hopes😊

🐟🐟🐟 like you stated Ariel from the original Disney movie has her own identity so I'm starting to reconsider that maybe the remake race swap wasn't a good idea........... unless Disney decides to give the original Disney characters a , they might could pull that off then people would be upset about that........ I just hope the Disney doesn't mess up Pocahontas😊

First, even if Cinderella had wanted to leave, she couldn't because she had nowhere else to go before the ball. Also, some non-Disney adaptations of the fairy tale might have Cinderella living in the basement, so I wouldn't necessarily consider that quote to be in error, because perhaps they're not referring to this film. (It's worth noting that the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical adaptation, or at least the 1997 made for TV movie, also has Cinderella's stepmother locking her in another room during the fitting of the glass slipper, though this is by no means common to all of them).

I agree with you, and I will even go a bit deeper and say that they RUINED the Beast in this movie, as well. Three moments in particular that come to mind are when he takes Belle to her room after he frees Maurice, when he gives Belle the library and when he lets her go after the dance, to find her father. In the original movie, the moment when she trades her life for her father's is the beginning of the Beast's change of heart. You can SEE he feels bad about what has just happened and he gives her a comfortable room, rather than making her stay in the cell. He tries to comfort her when he sees her crying. In this one, he's not even THERE. Its Cogsworth and Lumiere who take Belle to the room, and thus, we don't get that first moment of connection. With the library is him first starting to have feelings for Belle after she brought him home after the wolves attack.. He wants to do something really special for her, because she was kind to him. So he surprises her with the library and gives it to her and she teaches him to read and its a beautiful moment. In this version, he scoffs at her love of reading (over the same book, no less, Romeo and Juliet) and then sort of tosses it in her lap, as if it was nothing. It takes away what is so sweet and romantic and special about this moment. Then they RUIN the dance scene by taking away all the buildup of having the dinner and going in to dance. And then, when the Beast lets her go, there is no moment where he stops to consider his own fate and THEN lets her go, in spite of it. Indeed, his line where he finally confesses his love for her is NOT EVEN HIS. Its given to Mrs. Potts. So, again, that moment is ruined.

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Belle was already a feminist character, she didn't need all this "build a washing machine" and "teach a girl to read" to show us that.

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Belle's reading tastes were so odd for the movie. They kept advertising how Live Action Belle was going to be more intellectual. So I thought she would be reading philosophic or scientific essays... but the writers picked Romeo and Juliet? This feels odd for she does not seem like the kind of girl who loves passionate young love stories that end in lover suicide. She comes off as the kind of person who would call them stupid. They defiantly went after recognition (as if no other literature existed but that one play by Shakespeare back then) and it's so unfitting for her. Like animated Belle would have loved the drama of a lover's suicide but live-action Belle, if they had to pick a romance by Shakespeare, should have been Much Ado About Nothing or something. They also could have had her read books by women from around that time. That would have been cool, the original fairy tale was written by a woman in 1740 and she wasn't the only female author. But I guess that would have undermined Belle's whole "girls don't read" thing if were told women wrote back then. Not that the times were without stigmas, but acting like they didn't exist in a movie promoting female empowerment to uplift a "feminist" fictional character feels so disingenuous. Why not let the movie be an opportunity to educate through Belle who could have been their biggest admirer. If Belle was a "scientist" she could have been asking if her book by Emille Du Chatelet had arrived or whatever. I wish they did more with Live-Action Belle, they kept saying she was going to be a scientist but other than a washing machine she made off-screen, it never felt like she was passionate about it. Like they did all this build-up for the "new feminist belle" and she comes off as so snobbish to me.

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Dark people like to use light skin mixed people as black to feel good about being black.

i don't think KZbinrs realise what a hard time they give to asexual people...or just those ones uninterested in or traumatised by emotional connections.

Belle is my Favorite princess and she is a great role model for youngers. And even BATB is the first animated movie to receive an Academy Award. But this remake just ruined not only Belle's character but also beast's character. And i think everything is wrong with this live action.

Damn i actually identity as a nerd Too bad my family would hate my hyperfixation

Cinderella is like Marilyn Monroe in a way, a troubled and abused past and married her way to freedom. Cinderella was an abused woman who simply desired happiness and freedom. If she retaliated against Lady Tremaine, she would be homeless.

The thing is belle was already a feminist character, she had her own dreams and didnt let gaston make his way into her life, she even shoves him out the door. The villagers never disliked belle and it wasnt because she reads, it was because she kept to herself.

Without a soul nothing can survive.

Cinderella is one of my favorite princesses, and I rewatch her movie every now and again to remind me that there is a lot more strength in kindness and patience than modern society gives her credit for. The way modern society looks down on her is a disservice to the lessons she teaches, and they just want to find a reason to call her a bad role-model when in reality she's one of the strongest. <3

I recommend you watch Marahu Hosada’s Belle (if you haven’t already) it’s basically beauty and the beast but with social media and in my humble opinion it’s much better than the Emma Watson film especially with how they handle Suzu/Belle not to mention both Kylie Mcniell and Kaho Nakhamura (both the English voice and Japanese voice respectively) are much better singers.

Too short! I didn't realize, I thought it was a deep dive, sorry 😆 More of your opinion, please? (Seriously, there was a TON of this particular version that just did not work.)

Have you watched the new Disney Junior show Ariel? There they actually have a black father for Ariel (she's black too, by the way)! I'm not trying to say anything negative about it, it's great!😊 Maybe you would like it, because of the representation?

YES!🖤🔥 Frollo is the best Disney villain ever! Defenitely agree! 😄

At least on "That's so Raven" we got a full, strong totally normal black family. ❤ I loved that! The kids were fun and the parents were just as fun. And the dad Victor was a great chef and later on he opens a restaurant. I don't remember what the mom Tanya worked at, but I think it was at a spa and that's wonderful too. So proud I got to grow up with this show! 😊

She was strong in the face of abuse. She's inspiring.

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What about redheads with darker skin, like Molly McGee, she's cool

This is why the Ladybug movie actually feels kinda refreshing to me, the French are not prudes as Americans, I forgot the last time I watched a romance in theater

When I went to Israel the first time, I went to a salon where an African Jewish hairdresser attached a dreadlock into my hair. She didn't seem to care I wasn't African. Maybe because we are united by the Judaism. 🇮🇱 When I went to Mexico, there was a Mexican hairdresser who specializes in braids and braids your hair right on the beach. I didn't get braids because I didn't want my scalp exposed to the sun. Are Black people aware the braids are popular in Mexico? 🇲🇽 After Angela Davis visited the Soviet Union, people, including my mom, started curling their hair so it would resemble an afro. They would go to the hair salon and ask for "the Angela Davis". They were not aware the afro is a popular hair style among people of African descent. No, we're not being racist. We want to connect with another culture, or we're in Mexico 🇲🇽, or we are Soviets who have never seen an African person with an afro before. 😂

I actually preferred the romance in the 2023 version because Eric felt like a person who Ariel was falling in love with rather than a trophy that she had to collect in three days. I do agree that he should have helped more, but I do feel like we got to know him better this time around. And I liked the detail of how uneasy he looked when he was introducing Vanessa to his mother too.

I think you have some good points, but I must say that I’ve always seen Naveen as Black. I didn’t know what the animators originally intended, but he seems Haitian or Trinidadian to me.

100% agree about Ariel! Hallie Bailey would have made an awesome Tiana. She’s a great singer. Unfortunately, Disney doesn’t know how to create anymore

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My only problem with this is when you include white people in your ish , they take it ,rename it , then become hostile towards the original people . look at music , country ,jazz , rock etc , they claimed it and now black artist are discriminated when they try to enter those arts . I mean they are even calling braid outs mama Mia hair. Box braid , boxer braids , you even had that incident where a black woman couldn’t wear her hairstyle to work then when she went to court , the judge asked her why she wanted to look like a white actress who wore braids . They take and leave with your things even when you decide to share . Why can’t we gatekeep, everyone else does .

You know, there's always something that's overlooked in -remakes- “adaptations or continuations” of any established IPs. Now I can go into different movies or shows that Disney, done recently. But with Beauty and the Beast (2017), this actually was where the faults are shown. Because everyone remembers the 1991 movie and just how memorable a lot of scenes were, therefore believe that bring it to live-action WOULD have the same or greater effect. But despite the director Bill Condon and writers Stephen Chbosky/Evan Spiliotopoulos keeping about about 80% faithful to the source material with it’s dialogue and plot elements (Even with the added subplots), the 2017 adaptation was still doesn't work, due to the mistranslation of CHARACTERIZATION from the page to the screen. Because the 1991 movie was by-and-large…. a character-piece. While the movie starts as a typical fairy tale set-up of a young lady discovering an enchanted castle with many under a curse, in between, is almost entirely comprised of CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, from both the leads, and supporting characters, with their personalities and relationships being both the heart and soul of the movie. Therefore, seeing how important the characters are to the enduring success of the story, one can imagine the devastating effects that the mistranslation of characterization, even by “just a bit” can have. Now you can argue with me, but I think only Ewan McGregor (Lumiere) and Ian McKellen (Cogsworth) are the two that were the most successful in translating their characters and their personas from animation to live action. But as for everyone else, they really failed, especially the leads. With Dan Stevens he really seems both mis-casted as the Beast/Prince, but this is more due to the fact that the creators Condon, Chbosky and Spiliotopoulos really didn't understand the character. And as for Emma Watson, well to sum up in short, a lot of the choices she made to Belle end up deteriorating the story, proving that she herself doesn't the character. That being said, Watson's only half to blame for this, since it's simply a matter of fact that Condon both failed at not interpreting the characters properly and casted the wrong people for the roles. Because if one is to compare how the actors portray the characters with the original, you’d realize how much both don’t mesh that well (as if they're showing the audience a PERFORMANCE, not a CHARACTER.). I can’t tell you how many film or tv creators take so much from an original source material, yet don’t seem to really understand (Let alone care….) to whom the characters are, and are unable to communicate their underlying motivations, flaws, and nuances. Therefore, it can lead to any actions that a character commits to feel condescending or out-of-context, turning them a bit into either a passive or static character. By shifting the characterization found in the original ever so slightly, you literally sucked the heart and soul out of the entire story. CHARACTER IS STORY. The story you read, watch, or play is driven by its characters. Therefore, when Disney's adaptations fail, it's because you CANNOT keep the events of the plot, yet change the characters and expect the story to remain coherent.

What is it with these women dogging on these princesses for finding love, saying that “It’s not about the boy,”or “she’s not going to be waiting for true love”? What is so bad about wanting love? Are women not allowed to fall in love with a man in stories anymore? Can women not be strong, compassionate, independent people while also wanting to find love? Like, why? They are not exclusive things. Who the hell hurt you people?

*Why I like The Princess and the Frog (even if it could’ve been better so perhaps live-action or animated, just as long as the CGI is actually good or non-existent, maybe it needs a remake to objectively improve upon it as crazy as it sounds as I’m against Hollywood including how they make live-action adaptations, likely if it were made by a better company than Disney, while it doesn’t have the worst representation of people of colour which is to be expected from a Walt Disney Animation Studios films from the 1990s - 2000s as opposed to their remakes like with Aladdin and eventually Lilo & Stitch, take for instance, and the company’s older films, there are so many ideas of what they could do better with this movie that gives it a bad reputation. Maybe not entirely justifiably so, but definitely understandably so)* • Visuals (say what you want about this movie, but this is one of Disney’s best-looking films that really goes to show what they can do with hand-drawn animation that looks like it was done in the 2000s to 2010s) • Music (Never Knew I Needed by Ne-Yo, Down in New Orleans by Randy Newman and Anika Noni-Rose as Tiana in the reprise, When We’re Human, Dig a Little Deeper, people can criticize the story and see how it’s not as good of a representation of black people as ElectricDragon505 would like others to think it is) • Characterization (perhaps WDAS could have done a much better job representing black culture and being much more aware than in Dumbo with that “Roustabouts” that even after the mid-19th century, white people were prejudiced towards black people, but I dunno, I actually really like the LaBouffs in this movie because they treat Tiana who is very attractive inside and out like a friend even though they should probably give Eudora the same respects by treating her better. That and Naveen was shown, like other recent Disney Princes like Adam/The Beast, Aladdin and Flynn Rider learning to become better people over time, and the growing relationships between the Disney Princesses and Disney Princes is what I like about those Disney Princess movies of 1959-2010 compared to the first two Disney Princess movies and, of course, Frozen, where WDAS would have to turn Prince Hans into the King Magnifico of the last decade by turning them into toxic stereotypes of white men after spending the first acts unintentionally making them feel genuine. That and Ray and Louis are underrated sidekicks, and WDAS used to be great at giving us animal sidekicks!) • Pacing (it knows when to go fast to ramp up the intensity of the action, but it also knows when to stop and take a breather whenever slow, emotional moments are called for) • It was directed by RonJohn (the same duo that gave us The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet and Moana, now back to ElectricDragon505, who doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of these guys. Maybe he likes their movies, especially Moana since it was made after the Disney Renaissance where he’s shown to be less grateful for diversity when it’s not shoved in front of our faces than when it is like in Disney’s recent movies when the company had a racist, sexist history even during the olden days. But I don’t know if he’ll ever forgive Ron Clements for talking about why the 2023 Little Mermaid was pointless assuming he’s just saying that because he’d rather Ariel be white than black and as the guy who gave the remake a 6.5 which is one step away from giving it a 7:10 at worst, I expect him to be critical towards the original, as much as he doesn’t deserve to, because while as a Disney movie, he might end up saying great things about it, he might also be critical of Princess Ariel and act like unlike in the 2023 version, she’s a negative stereotype of rich white women, and agree with The Crosby Critic’s bs take on the original version of Prince Eric while giving King Triton and Ursula a pass despite doing bad things as well, it’s like he’d be excited for the upcoming Disney Junior show where Ursula will be portrayed as a good guy, but I digress) • Disney has done so much worse in recent years (seriously. I have a long, exhaustive laundry list of them, plus sometimes, even before the end of the 2000s when they made this movie I have a love-hate relationship with, they made movies that don’t hold up as well as they say like Chicken Little, Peter Pan, etc) So yeah, while I know this movie could’ve been so much better from the standpoint of the story that makes me remember objectively better movies, I do have a softer side for it more than most people because even to this day after my most recent rewatch this decade on Disney+, I did have a lot of fun with its cartoony action, so yeah, maybe I am mixed towards it, but I’d be lying if I said that I hated it.

I know this is a hard pill to swallow, but as the saying goes: “Art imitates life.” There aren’t a lot of black leaders in the world, thereby we’re not going to see a lot of that in animation. You have to have a lot more than MLK Jr, Malcolm X, and Obama to get a black father figure in a film. You’re thinking of the problem backwards: “Make role models for us in a cartoon.” You need to have real people first, and then that’s going to lead to us being inspired to make a black father figure cartoon as that’s what’s going to be representative of the culture. Only recently has the black community started calling out back dads for being mostly absent from their children’s lives.

Live action beauty and the beast annoys me in many ways, but the biggest thing that really ticks me off is how there’s no sense and purpose in the way things are planted or paid off. The washing machine for example. We see in the beginning how Belle is bullied for inventing washing machine. I assumed this was the planting of Belle’s identity (of being an inventor) as it relates to connection/disconnect from the community. AND because the castlefolks are literal pots and pans and therefore are experiencing disability in many ways, it would make total sense for Belle to later invent a much of helpful machines, including washing machine! But nope. There’s no payoff for this whatsoever and the damn washing machine is never mentioned ever again. Then we have Belle’s mom. We have a beautiful emotional scene where Belle learns that Belle’s mom “sacrificed” herself in a way to make sure Belle and her dad is safe. (At least from what I remember; it’s been a while.) A payoff. Except the audience is confused af because there was no lead up to it. Belle never had mommy issue that was the source of internal (or even external) conflict. And why would her dad keep this a secret anyways???? That your mom was too sick and she sent us away so we don’t get sick as well? It just makes no sense.

She is a grossly overrated Karen, really. Did you hear about what she did to the nail salon lady? That incident is kind of old but you should probably do a video addressing that.