Doctor Facilier in The Princess and the Frog Ideological issues of representation of the first black villain by Disney

In The Princess and the Frog (2009), the first African-American Disney heroine, Tiana, faces off against the fearsome Doctor Facilier, who thus becomes the first black character elevated to the status of Disney villain. Beneath this apparent novelty, and in keeping with the tradition of Disney villains, this fascinating and charismatic voodoo-wizard character in fact crystallizes the stereotypical view of this cult inherited from African slaves deported to the United States.