hello posting here bc i dont want my boss to think i hate my job
But do any other brown princesses (Jasmines, Moanas, Tianas, Mulans) feel like... jaded about princessing ever? Elsa and Anna are out every single weekend and I feel like I'm every customer's last resort. Every single weekend Elsa and Anna go out, sometimes multiple times in one day. And if an additional Anna or Elsa is needed, I will never go out for that booking.
And like I understand needed to be screen accurate to preserve the magic. Elsa is white. Anna is white. And so are Rapunzel and Ariel and Belle. But like... most adults don't even know who Moana is. And oh my god is it frustrating to have no one know who I am. I'm not Pocahontas. I'm not a made up character. Cinderella almost isn't even fun anymore because I'm so concerned that someone's going to challenge me or shame me b3cause their kids haven't seen Brandy's Cinderella. My heart hurts because I love this job so much, but my skin- literally my skin- is preventing me from doing the best at it as I could be doing. I could be making bank. I could have parties booked every weekend if I could play literally all the other princesses. I can sing Let it Go. Part of Your World. Into the Unknown. But I will be singing How Far I go once a month (if I'm lucky) until Moana just stops getting booked.
Honeymaren was cool for 4 seconds until I realized literally no one knows who I am. No one. I can count maybe 3 people MAYBE THREE who realized I was in the movie and ZERO who knew my name. I'm so tired. I've been doing this for almost 2 years and it's so much harder now. It's so difficult.