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The Princess and the Frog's ending carries a subtle element that breaks historical precedent but underscores many of the film's subversive strengths. Released in 2009, The Princess and the Frog was one of the last 2D-animated films from Walt Disney Animation, and the first to feature a black lead character. Tiana is a hard-working young woman from New Orleans in the 1920s, who spends the film balancing her deep commitment to earning her future with a lack of concern for romance.
What makes this notable is that the film makes it clear the restaurant is desegregated, with people of various ethnicities and nationalities dining and dancing together. Considering that The Princess and the Frog take place in the American South during the 1920s, the film subtly hints at the racial segregation that pervaded society at the time. By contrast, Tiana's restaurant is all-inclusive, making its popularity even more impressive.
This is most overt during Tiana's efforts to procure her own business. After raising the necessary funds on her own, Tiana is thwarted by the Fenner Brothers, a pair of white bankers. When they break the news to Tiana her intended purchase has been bought out by an unknown buyer the Fenner Brothers condescendingly tell Tiana that a"little woman of your background" would be better off not taking a charge of a business.
What makes Lottie such a welcome subversion is the way she undercuts the typical"rich girl" character from this type of story and this era in American history. Plenty of wealthy women in Lottie's position would decry the struggles faced by Tiana and at best ignore them. History is full of antebellum-obsessed women who would ignore the atrocities committed against their fellow humans for the sake of their easy life.
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