Shade
Hey y'all,
Has anyone caught Disney's The Princess and the Frog Yet? I rather enjoyed it and I adored the villain Dr Facilier (referred to by most characters as "The Shadow Man") and his frequent use of tarot cards.
About half the cards depicted in the film are loosely based on the traditional tarot but whoever he is talking to (most of the time conning) appears on the card. A beleaguered manservant sees himself on the 10 of wands hauling a load of sticks but then he next card shows him gleeful and wealthy as his former boss is dragging the sticks. The rest of the cards just illustrate whatever temptation he is peddling. Basically the Shadow Man can make his cards show people what they want to see.
The character who balances out the Shadow Man, Mama Odie a 197 year old blind voodoo priestess living in the swamp, doesn't make use of the cards and instead scries int a bowl of magic gumbo.
Anyway - a fun little use of the tarot in a delightful movie. I suppose some would say that it makes tarot seem a little sinister but I don't think there is really space for a serious depiction of tarot in this film.
It looks like Disney has a promotional set of tarot cards depicting the characters from the film but I don't see anything tarot related in the images: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3773488704_0ea004866a.jpg
Has anyone caught Disney's The Princess and the Frog Yet? I rather enjoyed it and I adored the villain Dr Facilier (referred to by most characters as "The Shadow Man") and his frequent use of tarot cards.
About half the cards depicted in the film are loosely based on the traditional tarot but whoever he is talking to (most of the time conning) appears on the card. A beleaguered manservant sees himself on the 10 of wands hauling a load of sticks but then he next card shows him gleeful and wealthy as his former boss is dragging the sticks. The rest of the cards just illustrate whatever temptation he is peddling. Basically the Shadow Man can make his cards show people what they want to see.
The character who balances out the Shadow Man, Mama Odie a 197 year old blind voodoo priestess living in the swamp, doesn't make use of the cards and instead scries int a bowl of magic gumbo.
Anyway - a fun little use of the tarot in a delightful movie. I suppose some would say that it makes tarot seem a little sinister but I don't think there is really space for a serious depiction of tarot in this film.
It looks like Disney has a promotional set of tarot cards depicting the characters from the film but I don't see anything tarot related in the images: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3773488704_0ea004866a.jpg