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The opening scenes of Disney s The Princess and the Frog are like a cool shower after a long and sweaty day.
This is what classic animation once was like! No 3-D! No glasses! No extra ticket charge! No frantic frenzies of meaningless action! And . . . good gravy! A story! Characters! A plot! It s set in a particular time and place! And it uses (calm me down here) lovingly hand-drawn animation that proceeds at a human pace, instead of racing with odd smoothness. I m just gonna stand here and let it pour over me.
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The movie, which is sweet and entertaining, doesn t quite live up to those opening scenes. But it s a demonstration that the Walt Disney Studio still shelters animators who know