keith david played the voodoo guy in princess and the frog.
keith david played the voodoo guy in princess and the frog.
who plays the voodoo guy in princess and the frog?
keith david
the princess and the frog is a 2009 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney animation studios and released by walt disney pictures. the 49th disney animated feature film, the film is loosely based on the novel "the frog princess" by e. d. baker, which is in turn based on the brothers grimm fairy tale "the frog prince". written and directed by ron clements and john musker, the film features an ensemble voice cast that stars anika noni rose, bruno campos, keith david, michael-leon wooley, jennifer cody, and jim cummings, with peter bartlett, jenifer lewis, oprah winfrey, terrence howard, and john goodman. set in new orleans, the film tells the story of a hardworking waitress named tiana who dreams of owning her own restaurant. after kissing a prince who has been turned into a frog by an evil voodoo sorcerer, tiana becomes a frog herself and must find a way to turn back into a human before it is too late.
the princess and the frog
"the princess and the frog" was originally announced as "the frog princess" in july 2006, and early concepts and songs were presented to the public at the walt disney company's annual shareholders' meeting in march 2007. these announcements drew criticism from african-american media outlets, due to elements of the "frog princess" story, characters, and settings considered distasteful. african-american critics disapproved of the original name for the heroine, "maddy", due to its similarity to the derogatory term "mammy". also protested were maddy's original career as a chambermaid, the choice to have the black heroine's love interest be a non-black prince, which upset opponents of on-screen interracial romance, and the use of a black male voodoo witchdoctor as the film's villain. the "frog princess" title was also thought by critics to be a slur on french people. also questioned was the film's setting of new orleans, which had been heavily damaged by hurricane katrina in 2005, resulting in the expulsion of a large number of mostly black residents. critics claimed the choice of new orleans as the setting for a disney film with a black heroine was an affront to the katrina victims' plight.
the princess and the frog