We may not know that the technical quality of animated films began with jobs buying Pixar Animation Studios in 1995 and producing the first 3D animation "Toy Story", after which DreamWorks also joined the 3D camp, and disney, the king of animation we thought, suffered a huge blow at the time, directly from a first-class animation company to a second-rate animation company, not only in the content and depth of the animated film is not as good as Pixar, but also in the proud technology like an old man was left behind.
Before that, Disney has always done 2D animation, and in the early 90s, it gave birth to classic and connotative animation movies such as "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Mulan", but the rise of 3D animation is undoubtedly a new wave of performance.
The Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog" today is Disney's last insistence on 2D movies, it should be the last 2D animated film disney has produced so far, although the release year is 2009, but its classic Disney style, old film-style tones and jazz just right use, so that the whole movie is quite retro, as if to find the feeling of watching animated movies when I was a child.
The film is an adaptation of the classic fairy tale "The Frog Prince", although it has the "shell" of the Frog Prince, it completely abandons the "core" of the original work, and the whole story completely subverts the original fairy tale.
In the animation, the heroine Tiana is a child of an ordinary black family, and her dream from childhood is to open a restaurant of her own, although she can buy a storefront by relying on the money she earns by working two jobs a day, but the sudden change of the capitalist makes her may be about to lose her dream, at this time she meets the prince who is turned into a frog by a wizard, and the prince promises that if she is willing to kiss him like in the fairy tale to make herself back into a prince, she can give her enough money to let her continue her dream. However, Tiana's kiss did not turn the frog back into a prince, but turned herself into a frog.
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It is well known that in 2009, Obama was elected president of the United States, becoming the first black president in American history. Since then, Hollywood has also seen a large number of films that reflect black themes, such as "Twelve Years of Slavery", "Moonlight Boy", "Love" and other films, it can be said that from then until now, the addition of people of other skin colors to the film is a manifestation of "political clarity".
And in the "Princess and the Frog" released in 2009, Disney for the first time changed the princess in the original book to an ordinary black girl, according to Disney's routine, so the princesses in the princess animation are from different countries, some because of the original fairy tale background, such as "The Little Mermaid" Ariel from Denmark, "Aladdin" jasmine from Sudan, "Mulan" in Mulan from China, some are based on the story adaptation site as the background, like "Frozen" The two sisters, Elsa and Anna, are from Norway, and Rapunzel is from Germany.
For the adaptation of "The Princess and the Frog", Disney chose its own country, New Orleans, although the United States is also a country with a larger white base, but Disney created such a black princess for the first time in order to express its political clarity and racial equality.
So is the fact that black status has been gradually valued until today, and it has really only changed with Obama coming to power?
In fact, no, we all know that because in history, black people were taken as slaves to reclaim the New World, they have always been known as inferior human beings, and even in ancient literature, we can not find any civilization that records the civilization of a country ruled by blacks.
We probably only remember the miserable days of black slavery, and the abolition of slavery and the legalization of intermarriage between blacks and whites were the dawn of their step-by-step perseverance. However, these alone do not really bring about racial equality in the full sense of the word.
It can be said that the black race in the United States and even other countries, most people still live at the bottom of society, still by the people of other races to exclude and humiliate. Although they also developed a lot of contemporary black culture, the color difference on their skin was like a natural brand that made them difficult to improve their social status.
However, the diversity of American culture is very important in inclusiveness, especially in the contemporary culture shock is huge, the average degree of education of people is relatively improved today, the contemporary black community is very smart to use the law and human nature to protect themselves, they are a lot of influential figures to stand up for their skin color and race, which in addition to political figures also include a lot of literary and artistic figures, they use their star effect and public power has been trying to promote racial equality, And use yourself as an example to lead your fans to resist any behavior and speech that discriminates against black people.
Compared with the domestic entertainment industry, the European and American entertainment circles have more correct guidance and incitement, and the recent major political issues, such as "women's equal rights", "anti-sexual harassment", "personal copyright issues", these are initiated by the entertainment industry at the beginning and then triggered into politics, in the end, as long as you have a certain degree of guidance and public power, you can speak for the things you support, no matter what circle you are.
Therefore, the promotion of the social status of blacks, until now even by "special care", is their own to fight for themselves, everyone is born as a human being, there should be no lower classification, for this unfair division, we should clearly say "no". And what kind of respect you want to get, you must first have enough respect for yourself, only by respecting yourself, proudly looking at yourself, good enough, recognized, in order to speak out for their rights and status, and strive for their own interests.
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In the animation, Tiana's dream has always been to open a high-end restaurant of her own, such a dream comes from her hobbies, Tiana's hobbies are also very grounded, that is, cooking, and the reason why she likes to cook, it comes from her innate talent for cooking, from a young age, she can add different spices on the basis of raw materials to improve, the food made is praised by everyone, plus her parents' encouragement and praise of the education method, but also gave her great confidence, So from an early age, she has been a person with clear goals and can make good plans for them.
In terms of cultivating children's interests, many parents will make a key mistake, that is, to give their children a lot of choices, and then ask them what they like, a very typical way of expression is to register a lot of interest classes for their children at the beginning, everything wants their children to learn a little, and then look at which to learn better, they feel that the child is more interested in which one.
The sister of one of my friends, now only 5 years old, has been forced by the family to every weekend and winter and summer vacation, have to run to various training institutions, and learn to draw and learn to dance and learn piano, but the training institutions at the end of each semester report performance makes the children feel as if their children are learning everything well, or continue to report to the children these hobby classes, found that their children seem to be not very good at mathematics, thinking that one or two years will go to primary school, in order not to delay the progress, And reported an early education class to the child, in the end it is the child is tired, the parents are also tired of running east and west with their children all day long, but really asked the child what is interested in ah, and can not say a rough idea.
In fact, children's interest comes from the child's talent, each child has his own talent, and such a talent is not only those cultural and sports activities or art categories, many talents are like Tiana like to cook vegetables and cook as usual, but in today's society, people generally see higher eyesight, feel that such ordinary behavior is not enough to be called hobbies even if it is talent.
This is actually a mistake in the attitude of parents, and it is also a kind of error in educational cognition.
Talent this kind of thing is really randomly generated, and parents unequal view is easy to bury the children's talent, for example, some children's talent is to sit quietly, we can guide him to read books and read and write, some children are naturally active and like to play, we can guide him to exercise more to contact nature.
Discovering a child's talent and then guiding it correctly can also stimulate a child's interests and hobbies, and then set a child's goal with interest. Just as in the anime, Tiana's talent is a keen sense of ingredients and spices, her parents guided her to learn how to cook, and then turned cooking into her hobby, fulfilling her dream of opening a restaurant.
Of course, we can also expand our thinking, and from this, we can find that the role of parental guidance and the correct way of education also play a crucial role. In the face of children's interests and hobbies, as parents should be more encouraged, encouragement is not only a kind of promotion, but also a recognition, a large part of the children's motivation comes from being recognized, only by being recognized will they feel that their persistence is correct, and they will have the possibility of wanting to evolve their hobbies into dreams.
If you start watching an animated movie on a video platform, you should see a lot of viewers commenting on Tianna as "the hardest princess in Disney Princesses." But Tiana's identity is just an ordinary black girl, not a royal-born nobleman, why is she also called a princess.
Here is a popular science knowledge point, Disney princess is actually mainly a movie series, but also a trademark brand of Disney itself, not all Of Disney's own animated movies as long as they are from the royal family can be selected into the ranks of Disney princesses, can be selected "princesses" must have a certain exemplary influence, unique personality charm, can become a role model for children to learn can officially become a member of the Disney Princess series after accepting the coronation ceremony of Disneyland in California. (There's a blind spot here, the Frozen sisters aren't Disney princesses, but are separated from each other to become independent brands because they're too lucrative and have a deeper positioning.) ）
In other words, this is Disney's recognition of female characters with unique personalities. It is not necessary to be born into the royal family, as long as the character is excellent and worth learning, everyone is a "princess" who can be a role model.
And Tiana's diligence and hard work are undoubtedly her greatest strengths.
In the end, Tiana, who turned back into a human being, did not rely on the prince to realize her dream, she was still using the money saved from her part-time job to buy the storefront, the house she personally decorated, and she used herself as an example to teach the prince, who usually wears clothes to reach out and open his mouth, how to rely on his own hands to support himself.
There is never any shortcut on the road of dreams, only rely on their own hands to work hard and pay enough efforts, we can not only see how those who achieve their dreams are bright in front of people but ignore their efforts for this.
Although diligence and hard work are very hard, it is difficult to make people persevere, many people choose to give up halfway because they can't stick to it, but we all understand the truth of one point of hard work and one point of harvest, and the pay and the gain are proportional, which can even be explained by the "conservation of energy theorem".
Dreams do not distinguish between nobles and lows, and it is a dream to open a restaurant and become a scientist. But dreams must be bought by paying, only diligent self-discipline, unremitting efforts, in order to make dreams come true, others have no obligation to help you complete your dreams, rely on others and do not rely on their own steadfastness.
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Now more and more animation movies are marked with all ages or adults, do not think that cartoons are for children to see, in fact, animation is only a form of artistic expression, but its connotation and depth can still be accepted and learned by us adults.
Children watch cartoons have the understanding of children, and adults watch cartoons have adult understanding, perhaps it is precisely because we have experienced too many things in our growth that we can easily find the same in them and deeply understand the connotation. In fact, children understand that fairy tales are deceitful, but adults will be willing to accept fairy tales, not just a original intention, but because the truth told in fairy tales is so simple and straightforward.
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