TV Analysis

The show that I chose to analyze is actually the movie
Princess and the Frog. It is a Walt Disney movie that most would think is
focused around the female role, because of the title; but when it comes to the
roles the movie is male dominant. When including both lead roles and even the
smaller ones there are seven male roles and only four women roles. The men’s roles consist of James, which is
Tiana’s father who is presented to the audience at the beginning of the movies
but, but no longer has any lines after the first scene. Another role is Louis
who is an alligator and also Tiana’s friend who she meets after she is turned
into a frog. Ray is another male role in the movie he is a lightning bug;
another friend that Tiana meets after she is turned into a frog and journeys
through the bayou in search for someone who can turn her back into a person. Some
of the other male characters consist of the shadow man, Eli “Big Daddy”,
Lawrence, and most importantly Prince Naveen. The female roles consist of
Princess Tiana, Eudora; Tiana’s mother, Charlotte; Tiana’s best friend, and
Momma Odie, a voodoo priestess. In this movie the men tend to have more
powerful roles, meaning that they tend to have more authority within their
roles. In this movie the numbers are skewed, there are more men roles than
women. In this movie they try to go about giving women and men a role of
independence but in the end they all seem to rely on the help of a man or women
whether it may be financially or emotionally. This movie is a traditional fairy
tale movie where everything ends happily ever after and the bad guys are conquered.
The gender themes in this movie are very subtle seeing as it’s a kid’s movie.
However, it did prove the point that my article covered about androcentrisim;
and how most children’s movies are male dominant.