{"id":166259,"date":"2022-02-24T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=166259"},"modified":"2024-08-21T18:57:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:57:20","slug":"the-proud-family-returns-to-screens-louder-prouder-even-more-authentic-animation-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/the-proud-family-returns-to-screens-louder-prouder-even-more-authentic-animation-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Proud Family\u2019 Returns to Screens Louder, Prouder & Even More Authentic! | Animation Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Animation Magazine<\/em> \u2014 February 24, 2022
\u2018The Proud Family\u2019 Returns to Screens Louder, Prouder & Even More Authentic!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

***This article originally appeared in the March \u201922 issue of <\/em>Animation Magazine (No. 318)***<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penny Proud is growing up. The Proud Family<\/em>\u2019s plucky 14-year-old star, voiced by Kyla Pratt, faces a host of new challenges in the upcoming series revival, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder<\/em>, including a \u201cwoke\u201d neighbor who thinks Penny could use some schooling, bullying social media influencers intent on canceling her and \u2014 so cringe! \u2014 her own teenage hormones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A continuation of the acclaimed Disney Channel series that served as a cultural touchstone for Black audiences during its two-season run, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder<\/em> arrives on Disney+ on February 23. The new series, first announced in 2020, is executive produced by Proud Family<\/em> creator Bruce W. Smith (The Princess and the Frog<\/em>) and television veteran Ralph Farquhar (Moesha<\/em>), with Calvin Brown, Jr. (Moesha<\/em>) serving as co-executive producer and story editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Smith, The Proud Family<\/em> represented everything that was missing in mainstream animation, namely Black representation, during a time when shows like The<\/em> Simpsons<\/em>, Family Guy<\/em> and King of the Hill<\/em> were dominating primetime television. \u201cWhere the Black people at?\u201d he demands. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of what it came down to, and the inspiration for creating the show was that point of, \u2018When will we be included in all the fun?\u2019 I grew up loving shows like The Flintstones<\/em> and The Jetsons<\/em>. For me, as an African American growing up in South Central Los Angeles, I knew that the one element missing in all of my favorite animated shows was us.\u201d (Read full story…<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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