This particular scene from The Princess and the Frog is incredibly detailed and encapsulates the themes and messages of the movie. Although an entire paper could be written solely on the color symbolism is this particular scene, an introspective assessment of the lyrics is equally important in terms of hidden meaning. Every single line of lyric in the song is directed towards the film’s main themes of white privilege, gender expectations and roles, and regional culture. Starting with the first line, she states that people think she’s crazy. As an African American woman in the South, owning a restaurant is an exaggerated goal and atypical for her race; this aspiration is usually for a white person, usually male. When she utters those words
