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Disney's The Princess and the Frog: The Pride, the Pressure, and the Politics of Being a First
For me, this brief exercise reveals the extent to which ideas and images are so subconsciously ingrained because of social and media saturation that we really do not have to think before we respond with confident authority.1 The visual prominence in Disney's marketing of its long line of white princesses is not all that surprising, and its problematic historical representations of animated characters of color is rather commonplace. Not only does the Disney version provide visual images for the fairy tale it is depicting, these images and the relative value of group membership associated with the images are then translated into beliefs children hold about status in particular group membership, in relation to notions of good, bad, pretty, and ugly as reflected in the films. . . .
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Guillaume
Guillaume: A Life is the autobiography of esteemed Broadway, Hollywood, and television star Robert Guillaume. Ten months after suffering a stroke, Guillaume—perhaps best known as television's Benson—began this autobiography with award-winning author and collaborator David Ritz.
The book goes beyond the recounting of a long and successful career to examine the forces that shaped the man: family, religion, race, and class. Startlingly candid and disarmingly self-aware, Guillaume seeks to know and understand himself, his treatment of the women in his life, and the choices he made along the way. He pursues the truth, however painful it may be, says Ritz, guided by two questions, \"Who the hell am I?\" and \"What made me do what I did?\"
Born in St. Louis in 1927 to a young, abused, unstable mother, and reared by a strong, hardworking grandmother, Robert Guillaume managed to move from the poverty and adversity of his youth to a rich, full career as an actor and a singer. Fierce determination and sharp focus enabled this man born to hardship and racial discrimination to study, learn, cultivate his natural talents, and succeed at the performance career he pursued with a vengeance. Guillaume first performed in the strict Catholic schools and churches to which his grandmother, who understood that education would be the key to any success he might achieve, sent him. There his love of classical music was nurtured, and he was encouraged to perform.
From a child longing for his mother's love to a man unsure of the meaning of love for many of the women in his life, from a young performer struggling to succeed on Broadway and in Hollywood to a grief-stricken father watching his son die of AIDS, Robert Guillaume tells what it was like to realize celebrity and what he sacrificed in the process. Readers will savor the success story of this artist who achieved great recognition and fame, but who never lost sight of his beginnings. Appealing to all audiences, Guillaume is a revealing and poignant autobiography of an extraordinary and distinguished American thespian.
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Muere el actor Robert Guillaume a los 89 años
El actor Robert Guillaume, conocido por su participación en las series televisivas \"Soap\" y \"Benson\", murió hoy a los 89 años en su casa de Los Ángeles (California).
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Muere el actor estadounidense Robert Guillaume a los 89 años
El actor estadounidense Robert Guillaume, conocido por su participación en las series televisivas \"Soap\" y \"Benson\", murió hoy a los 89 años en su casa de Los Ángeles (California).
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