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‘The Little Mermaid’ and the Black Princess Test

Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders

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The Shadow Man: The First Animated Black Princess

The first animated black princess, right? Yeah. There's all these ways that it's created as a black film because of these really key markers, actresses, location, all this kind of stuff. And I mean, Oprah Winfrey's in it. Do you think the new little mermaid blackified will pass the black princess test? I think it already has.

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