what percentage of the u.s. and global population is pacific islander? not a very big percentage - movies about cartoon animals have done well for decades - i personally like watching people in movies, not talking or singing animals, but that's just me, not to mention learning about different cultures of the world (their mythology, songs/music, customs, languages, etc.) - looking at other people of color as leads in animated films, '09 "the princess and the frog" made $104 million in the u.s., '92 "aladdin" made $217 million in the u.s., '98 "mulan" made $121 million in the u.s., '67 "the jungle book" made $74 million in the u.s., '01 "atlantis" made $84 million in the u.s., '00 "the emperor's new groove" made $89 million in the u.s., '95 "pocahontas" made $142 million in the u.s., whereas '16 "moana" made $241 million in the u.s., currently "beating" '16 "harry potter"(!) prequel "fantastic beasts" ($232 million in the u.s.) (source: "box office mojo") - i personally (much) preferred '16 "moana" over '13 "frozen" ($401 million in the u.s.) - for one thing, the actors were age-appropriate (i think(?)) - in "frozen", idina(45) was in her early 40s when the film came out in '13 and kristen(36) was in her early 30s when the film came out - they were both supposed to be playing young women in their early-to-mid-20s most likely - especially with idina, i saw a young woman character and heard a 40-something woman's voice/singing voice, and the character was very much like her famous broadway "wicked" role/character i.m.o. - in "moana", it was a teenager playing a teenager as the actress and singer (i wish auli'i, 16, would sing at the oscars and not alessia, 20 :( j.m.o.) - and "frozen" didn't teach me much about nordic/northern european culture(s) i.m.o. (other than cultural clothing, architecture, a little bit of music (but it was mostly broadway-esque show tunes)), while "moana" did teach me about pacific islander cultures
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