Like any epic tale, the story of how Disney found itself between Campbell and Brown when considering who would be the sole black actor in their first black film (we can't have it all) has multiple canons and timelines to consider-and they all start roughly around 1989.
#ROXANNE A GOOFY MOVIE MOVIE#
We wanted the audience to see his feelings instead of just his antics."Ī Goofy Movie was pretty much August Wilson's Fences, except with talking dogs and a happy ending-an ending marked by Tevin Campbell performing a song in celebration of a father and son finally meeting "eye to eye," voicing a character that was actually created for Bobby Brown. Of the film's storytelling, director Kevin Lima once said "instead of just keeping Goofy one dimensional, as he's been in the past, we wanted to give him an emotional side that would add to the emotional arc. Anyone who claims Max Goof wasn't an early depiction of #BlackBoyJoy is either a liar or a white person.Įmotionally, the film's plot also felt particular to the African-American experience, with the principal of Max's school calling his father, alleging the teenage boy sent his classmates into a "riotous frenzy" dressed as a "gang member," and advising Goofy to get a handle on the way he raises his son before he ends up "in the electric chair."Ĭonsequently, that silly response tore into an already flimsy relationship between a concerned father and his presumed "at-risk" son. In the opening sequence, our adolescent hero is seen frolicking with bae through a wheat field in an all-white fit, looking like a young Ma$e, rocking what we now know to be a very fuckboyish haircut (akin to that of the dude from the "hurt bae" meme). Max's oversized hoody might as well have read "Hilfiger" across the front. Even the way the characters' clothes were drawn felt undeniably hip-hop. The world this movie called its home definitely felt familiar for young black boys and young black girls.
From the female protagonist being a light skinned girl named Roxanne, to the white boy named Bobby (voiced by Pauly Shore) getting in just as much trouble as Max, but somehow feeling way less worried about his parents finding out. Despite not being accepted by extremely picky Tumblr nerds as a Renaissance film, as it was produced by DisneyToon Studios, A Goofy Movie is largely considered a cult classic among black millennials.Īesthetically, the cultural references in the film are clear.
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