Spanish outlet El País while at the Animayo International Summit in Gran Canaria last week.The director, who also helmed 2009’s “The Princess and The Frog” alongside co-director Ron Clements, got onto the subject of wokeness at Disney by bringing up criticism that the film about a Black princess was woke. “We weren’t trying to be woke, although I understand the criticism,” Musker said, following with commentary that the more recent films seem to be opting for message over story.“The classic Disney films didn’t start out trying to have a message.
