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CBS closed with free publicity for a corporate sibling of its rivals at ABC. The Princess and the Frog will be the next animated movie from Disney to feature a royal girl, Michelle Miller told us, slated for release before Christmas. Princess Tiana paraphernalia goes on sale this fall. Since the original Snow White--who happened to be Caucasian--Miller reminded us that Disney's princesses have been a multicultural bunch. Pocahontas was Native-American…Jasmine was Arab…Mulan was Chinese. Tiana's amphibian love interest turns out to be a Brazilian prince and Tiana herself has dark skin. Miller predicted that "the fairest of them all will be African-American" yet did not explain how royalty belongs in this country. She concentrated on Tiana's negritude instead: "Disney's past productions have drawn criticism for racial stereotypes."
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