Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=73375" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Telegraph: Disney attacked over lack of disabled princesses</b></a> <p><i>The Telegraph </i>highlights the diversity of "The Princess and the Frog" but shares British leadership's hopes to see more barriers broken in Disney films such as a disabled character in the lead role.</p>
Originally Posted By DAR Something tells me this is because of a little movie that features a guy in a wheelchair who becomes a blue alien.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost OMG...how demeaning can a group get. Have someone make believe that they are disabled is almost like mocking them. I would be totally offended by that. Why can't abled people understand that? JMHO!
Originally Posted By mawnck <--------- is reminded of the blind guy who was the lead character in "Quest For Camelot." That movie was TERRIBLE.
Originally Posted By Liar At the beginning of the film, the Little Mermaid has no legs. Sounds like a disability to me! As for guys, Beast is obviously suffering from hypertrichosis. ~Liar~
Originally Posted By Ohana <<<How about a disabled, fat, ugly, lesbian princess who can't sing?>>> Not good enough because then the CROSS-EYED disabled, fat, ugly, lesbians that can't sing will be offended!!!
Originally Posted By Mr X How about a mentally retarded alcoholic who cons the people into making him Leader of the Free World? Oh, wait. I think I DID see that movie!
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>How about a disabled, fat, ugly, lesbian princess who can't sing?<< The doll sales will go through the roof!
Originally Posted By jbkuchon What, is Disney the only company that isn't doing movies about Princesses with disabilities? I guess Disney should do a different movie featuring a different princess so every single person in the world can identify with her. They should do one featuring a princess with coke bottle glasses, one with a ADHD princess, one princess that has the swearing tourettes, etc.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Some people will just never be happy. Though, a Princess with Tourette's does sound like it could be interesting. Just imagine the magical possibilities when little Suzie goes to meet the Princess in the parks...
Originally Posted By Liar "Though, a Princess with Tourette's does sound like it could be interesting." I sure hope it's a musical! Who do you think they should get to write the lyrics? Sarah Silverman? ~Liar~
Originally Posted By Mr X Why, I do believe I'll take this thread and make a parody screenplay out of it! OMG, the funniest movie of the CENTURY is just waiting to unfold. Who's onboard? We'll make this an LP creative effort and we'll ALL get stinking rich!
Originally Posted By mawnck Back around 1994, when American companies were bidding for the rights to the Anime series Sailor Moon, one production company proposed a start-over-from-scratch American version of the series, with completely new animation and Power Rangers-ish live action scenes. They produced a proof-of-concept episode and a music video for it. And in them, Sailor Mercury was in a wheelchair. The music video was shown at Anime Expo some years later, and somebody with a camcorder managed to record it off the screen - somewhat sideways, but you can still more or less make it out. Witness the horror: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtkVMZA7Qwc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...VMZA7Qwc</a> (The whole story is here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_%28English_adaptations%29#The_Toon_Makers_Music_Video.2C_AKA_.22Saban_Moon.22" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S..._Moon.22</a> )
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost The ultimate fantasy...to be an overweight, blind, tone deaf, hyperactive, cross eyed princess with tourettes confined to a wheelchair. Every child's dream!
Originally Posted By Mr X Well then, so does Stitch right? <---suddenly wondering whether an attraction somewhere hosted by Stitch and Wall-E would be cool or not. Probably not.
