“That’s my sister, baby, and she’s a whole lotta Princess!”
blak-sploi-tey-shuh / noun
A genre of films in the 1970s made specifically for urban black audiences, with stories heavily involving sex, drugs, violence, and wronged parties seeking revenge. Iconic classics of the genre include Shaft, Coffy, and Foxy Brown.
So what would Disney films look like under a blaxploitation lens?
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The Boss Mermaid
When mermaid bounty hunters start trolling her oceans and killing her sistahs, Ariel takes her father's trident, tricks it out, and starts to enact her own revenge plans.
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Alice in Harlem Land
When Alice is informed by the White Rabbit that Harlem Land is being terrorized by the Queen of Spades (the Queen of Hearts' even more wicked sister), she returns to take care of business.
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