The WSJ article is behind a paywall, so here’s the relevant bits:
Walt Disney Co. DIS 1.67% has decided to reanimate scenes showing its only black princess in the coming “Wreck-It Ralph” sequel after facing criticism that the company had lightened her skin tone from previous appearances and narrowed her nose.
Princess Tiana, hailed as a breakthrough character for Disney when she first appeared in 2009’s “The Princess and the Frog,” is briefly featured in the “Wreck-It Ralph” sequel, called “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” After images of the princess were released by Disney over the summer, online users noted what they perceived as differences in pigmentation and facial features between the 2009 and 2018 versions of Tiana.
The social-media-driven backlash prompted Disney to begin reanimating the princess immediately after the images were released, according to a person familiar with the matter. The revisions—an unusual move given the yearslong process of making an animated film—come in the final months before the movie’s release on Nov. 21.
During the revision process, Disney animators weighed feedback from Anika Noni Rose, the actress who voices Tiana, and met with representatives from Color of Change, an advocacy organization that focuses on issues of racial representation and political inequality, including portrayals of black characters in Hollywood.
Brandi Collins-Dexter, a senior campaign director with Color of Change, traveled to Disney’s Burbank, Calif. headquarters last week for a review with the animators of the changes, which she described as darker hair and a wider nose and mouth.
In a statement Thursday, Color of Change praised Disney’s decision to “restore Princess Tiana’s image to that of an unapologetically black princess with full lips, dark skin and dark hair.”
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