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[Dali]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/19/showbiz/disneys-first-latina-princess/index.html?c=showbiz

Damn latinos really got a bum deal. No feature length movie means less than real princess status to me personally. Then to add to the burn the world, including the country she's from, is all fictitious. Can't really be latina if there's no latin america in your universe.

Quietly ponder the state of the world and the tragedy that is the human condition if old.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

There has been nothing in the previews or media leading up to this to even consider her being Latina. This is a complete surprise to me.

 

[Jim E. Rossler]

If Sophia is a latina princess then Snow White was the first Black Princess

 

[Eidan]

Ben Affleck played Antonio Mendez in Argo.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Thought this meant there was another animated movie coming to theaters, got excited for a second.

I remember the backlash over Princess and the Frog and I never really got what the big deal was once I saw the movie, but this is a little weird.

 

[Aguirre]

so then, how does one go about latina-fying her? giver her a huge ass, tight jeans and tight tank top?

 

[BertramCooper]

By the way, why is it taking Disney so fucking long to introduce the half-Filipino, half-Inuit Disney princess we've all been waiting for?

 

[Emily Chu]

increase dat ass mass and up the sass by 70%

turn up the tan level

and we Latina now

 

[ReiGun]

She's Latina? Seriously?

 

[AlexBasch]

Could they name her with an actual latin name please?

I'm fucking sick of Hollywood and their "Leuis Hourtega" bullshit. I suppose it's too much of a hassle to find a proper latino name?

I remember the backlash over Princess and the Frog and I never really got what the big deal was once I saw the movie, but this is a little weird.

Was that because "she wasn't black enough"? If so, that reminds me of Vanessa Williams being harassed for that same reason.

 

[DrFunk]

She's Latina? lol

 

[2San]

What's the point in making her latina in the first place, if she's going to look like that anyhow.

 

[Sub_Level]

increase dat ass mass and up the sass by 70%

I had no idea that the ass-sass ratio was 1-1. But it makes sense.

 

[maxxpower]

Not all latinos/latinas have brown skin and brown eyes, there are plenty of light-skinned blue/green eyed latinos/latinas.

 

[Sanky Panky]

Well she could be from Argentina.

 

[Amagon]

so then, how does one go about latina-fying her? giver her a huge ass, tight jeans and tight tank top?

dat's racist

 

[Eidan]

It's actually weird that Disney could mess this up. They've been churning out factory-made Latina pop stars on Disney Channel for years now.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

AllenIversonWeWasRobbed.gif

 

[Dram]

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[BertramCooper]

Can't they just make that sassy chick from Modern Family the first Latina Disney princess, since Disney owns ABC?

 

[LiK]

Light skin Latinas exist guys. I think the fictious country is what sucks.

 

[Anatopism]

Okay... They'd have been better served by not saying she's Latina when there is nothing that seems to suggest she is.

 

[shira]

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Just give Xtina a tiara and be done with it

 

[Eidan]

Light skin Latinas exist guys. I think the fictious country is what sucks.

Cinderella is actually an Afrikaner. Disney broke barriers DECADES ago.

 

[bjork]

I don't really understand why they keep trying to patronize demographics, there's no way to make everybody happy.

 

[BertramCooper]

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Dora hasn't taught anyone Spanish.

She just teaches little kids to annoy the hell out of their parents.

 

[LiK]

Cinderella is actually an Afrikaner. Disney broke barriers DECADES ago.

Charlize Theron is a beautiful African

 

[DR2K]

Latin people can have white skin and not have a heavy hispanic accent.

 

[Funky Papa]

I think this the part where I spam the board with the Catholic Monarch's banner.

Spoiler

The Bourbons are filthy usurpers anyway.

 

[Corky]

Paul Mooney: First, they have "The Mexican" with Brad Pitt, now they have "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise. Well, I've written a film, maybe they'll produce my film. The Last Nigga on Earth, starring Tom Hanks. How about that?

 

[BertramCooper]

Charlize Theron is a beautiful African

And Mitt Romney is a second-generation Mexican-American!

 

[Alligatorjandro]

They shouldve made her look like Dora the Explorer.

 

[Ikael]

American phobias and traumas regarding race and media are the most bizarre thing ever for an outsider.

Non sterotypical latin: Not latin enough! The media white-fies everything! Racism!
Sterotypical latin: Far too much latin! The media always stereotypes minorities! Racism!

Gee, keep making arian princesses Disney, so noone will complain about their potrayal.

 

[Perspicacity]

I had no idea that the ass-sass ratio was 1-1. But it makes sense.

Mother of god...

 

[Eidan]

Charlize Theron is a beautiful African

And she'd make an even more beautiful Tiana in the live action remake of Princess and the Frog. This time Disney will deliver the African-American princess the people have been begging for.

 

[LiK]

And she'd make an even more beautiful Tiana in the live action remake of Princess and the Frog. This time Disney will deliver the African-American princess the people have been begging for.

XD

 

[Dambrosi]

She's Latina? Really?! That's what Disney thinks Latinos see in themselves*/want to be seen as**/actually look like***?

Wow. That's Mitt Romney levels of out of touch there.

*for PR purposes (deflecting accusations of racism)
**for financial purposes (to get more Latino folks to see the film)
***...maybe they're all colourblind?

EDIT: And it's fully CG, oh my GOD. Quick, someone rip the models to Source Filmmaker!

 

[Flame Lord]

At first I figured they were being ridiculous. Then I clicked the link and she's white. So yea I'd agree with them.

 

[Deified Data]

...and being introduced in a made for tv movie, to boot? What is that, flash?

 

[IdreamofHIME]

The mother looks Latino, but the dad and kids don't.

Femshep playing Cinderella though? :/

 

[Emily Chu]

I always thought Jasmine from Aladdin was "Hispanic" Latina looking

when I was a kid....

just a thought

 

[maxxpower]

She's Latina? Really?! That's what Disney thinks Latinos see in themselves/want to be seen as/actually look like?

Wow. That's Mitt Romney levels of out of touch there.

Eh, my brother's girlfriend has red/brown hair and green eyes and she's Mexican. Latinos don't see themselves as any specific skin tone or hair color.

 

[DirkDiggler]

Dora hasn't taught anyone Spanish.

She just teaches little kids to annoy the hell out of their parents.

You may have a learning disability my good sir.Get that checked out.

 

[LiK]

Eh, my brother's girlfriend has red/brown hair and green eyes and she's Mexican. Latinos don't see themselves as any specific skin tone or hair color.

my point exactly

 

[jediyoshi]

The mother looks Latino, but the dad and kids don't.

Femshep playing Cinderella though? :/

The only offensive thing I see is dat cg.

 

[Stet]

The mother looks Latino, but the dad and kids don't.

Femshep playing Cinderella though? :/

Man, that is a horrendous animation style.

 

[ScreenSplitter]

The mother looks Latino, but the dad and kids don't.

Femshep playing Cinderella though? :/

Oh god the animation on this looks like one of those fucking terrifying straight to DVD Disney ripoffs. And yeah, Hale has quite a range.

 

[grimshawish]

... Latina?...uhm Disney dug themselves this hole so if they want to sit in it then fine.

Are there Latino princesses though? I honestly don't know of any royalty that formed in the Americas, would seem rather counter intuitive to their independence, no?

Anyway, yeah. Huh?
Disney should have just created a Latino character and done a story with them. Making latina's princesses too seems counter intuitive to say the least, young girls can be other things than princesses, and - much much more interesting things.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

The mother looks Latino, but the dad and kids don't.

Femshep playing Cinderella though? :/

One of these things is not like the other things.

 

[Funky Papa]

As a Spaniard I'm mostly amused by how the whole pigmentation thing is obfuscating the fact that Latinamericans will probably eat broken glass before dealing with the royals again.

Eh.