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Idk if some of y'all even care about this but as a kid I would always watch "The Princess and The Frog" and I loved the film dearly. But one thing I was always interested in was Dr. Facilier. He was intriguing to me I would wonder "how'd he get into Voodoo?" "What's his backstory?" "How'd he meet his friends on the other side?" Never did get an answer..but today I went to YouTube and watched a clip of the movie where Facilier is talking to his "friends" and I went to the comments people we're saying "this guy deserves his own movie" "I wish we knew his backstory" and so I took to Google and tried to find anything about Facilier. This is what I found...so far?
Facilier also claims to practice Hoodoo or traditional folk magic.
In an earlier script, Dr. Facilier would not just be a dark wizard who wants to conquer New Orleans with the help of his friends, he would have been Mama Odie's son, who followed the path of the dark arts, unlike his mother. In this same script, there was to be a showdown between the two of them, which would have converged into a major battle during the Mardi Gras.
Facilier was originally named Dr. Duvalier after Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, the Voodoo practicing genocidal dictator of Haiti. Duvalier also had a fondness for dressing as Baron Samedi but also prayed to Jesus Christ. Perhaps to avoid reprisals from Duvalier's remaining supporters, the name was changed to "Facilier" from "facilitate" meaning "to enable."
Facilier is the first black Disney Villain and the fourth to be French or have French origins.
Facilier appears to resemble Baron Samedi, the Haitian voodoo Loa of the dead. He wore a top hat, a tuxedo, and other accessories. He too has associations with voodoo spirits. It may be presumed that Facilier is a worshiper of Samedi.
For those who don't know this is Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier ⬇️
I don't know if this answers anything but it was fun to look for :)















