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I have SOUL many issues with this movie!




*I made this post on Saturday via Facebook, but had to share my thoughts on my blog! 

So, I’m watching Soul on Disney Plus... it just came out yesterday and is about a black musician who’s voiced by Jamie Foxx. I have SOUL many issues with this movie!


#SpoilerAlert


Within the first 10 minutes of the movie, the main character done turned into a blue marshmallow thing 🤦🏾‍♀️! Just like Princess and the Frog, the black characters don’t seem to stay their authentic, black selves... they’ve apparently gotta change into something else in order to be relatable.


Then, his soul returns back to Earth and is stuck in a cat’s body (yet, another animal... like the friggin frog... I guess black people can only be animals according to Disney)... while his physical body inhabits the soul of “middle-aged white lady” (it’s what’s stated in the movie)... he’s way feminine as a result, and has a woman’s voice for a huge chunk of the movie. 


He seeks the validation from his “mama” who doesn’t approve of his career choices and immasculates him throughout most of the movie and he tries to convince her that he’s not a failure. He thinks he can finally begin to live his life once he gets the gig of his dreams... but he’s already an older man with salt and pepper hair... he’s clearly 50 years old or so! Should this black man not be solid in his life and life choices by the age he is?!? Alright, moving on...


So then his mom tells him that he’s chasing dreams like his dead daddy and most of the time her tailoring business had to pay for their livelihood (so the black woman is the support system... and a seamstress at that... very stereotypical 🙄)...  She tells her olddddd son, as if he’s a child in need of guidance, that she wants to ensure he’s well off before she’s gone because then who would support him... so mama is paying for his bills too 🤷🏾‍♀️?... 


And it’s got continued cussing it in... so when our black kids are watching, they have to settle for less-than-mediocre dreams (his ultimate life goal was playing in a jazz club at least once in life), lack of success, degradation AND profanity! Chile’, dis tew much and so, so disappointing 😡! 

This is Quaye’s Payne 🤦🏾‍♀️💔!

#Soul

#Disney

#Pixar

#CallingOutThe💩 

#InnerThoughts

#OutwardExpression

#JustJacQuaye


Original post here: https://www.facebook.com/733672890/posts/10160579346347891/?d=n


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