Why is Belle tinted so dark in 'Magical World ?'


Compare Belle's skin color in this tale with the Belle in the original Beauty and the Beast and the difference is shocking.
Did Disney suddenly decide to make Belle Hispanic ? Indian ? Native American ?
If so, what a butt-kissing sell-out.
Regardless of the butt-kissing, the animation and the stories are below par anyway.

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Apparently, this was because the shorts were intended to be for a TV series that never really got the green light. The Little Mermaid TV series had similar animation, though I must admit, it actually was a bit better there than in Belle's Magical World.

Having never seen the film at all while I did at least see the first two movies, I can't judge it.

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They made her like that to appeal to people of color after the first two B&Bs were criticized for only having white characters.

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