Disney is changing up Splash Mountain with Princess Tiana amid calls to ditch racist history.
for Splash Mountain, the 1946 film"Song of the South." According to Disney, the company has been working on the change since last year.
The film was controversial from the beginning for what its critics, including the NAACP, considered a glossed-over portrayal of slavery., who was the second African American to win an Oscar. Baskett did not attend the film's premiere at an Atlanta theater where Blacks had to sit separately in the balcony.The online petition had pushed for Disney to center Splash Mountain on the story of Princess Tiana, Disney's first Black princess.
"It is really exciting to know that Princess Tiana's presence in both Disneyland and Magic Kingdom will finally be fully realized!" said Anika Noni Rose, the Tony-winning actress who provided Tiana's voice in the film. "The Princess and the Frog" will become the new theme at Splash Mountain in both Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida.
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