The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder Impressions - This Animated Comedy Hasn’t Aged A Day

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Disney is no stranger to mining our nostalgia for all it's worth. Ever since its streaming service was launched a few years ago we’ve seen a number of classic properties revived to receive remakes and sequels to draw in audiences with a warm remembrance of years that have long passed us by.

There’s nothing wrong with indulging in our nostalgia, but corporations have grown increasingly aware of how much money there is in recycling ideas and revisiting worlds and characters we’ve long come to love. It could be easy to place The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder into such a camp. The Disney Channel classic left our screens in 2005 and for years its creators have been trying to revive it. Now the time has come, with this new series acting as a direct sequel to the story we left behind. Despite my doubts, the brilliance shines through.

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Penny Proud returns as our protagonist, and the world around her has been updated to reflect today’s society. She awakens in the opening moments with a body that has been through puberty, a smartphone, and the same chaotic family we all remember from decades past. Oscar Proud remains a loving father who cares for his daughter with a mixture of overblown remarks and soft, meaningful gestures, while Trudy Proud is still the strict, professional mother who keeps this family unit together through thick and thin. Suga Mama Proud returns too, smashing down the front door with her poodle in tow without a care in the world.

It’s heartwarming to see this family back together, and how easily they slip into the modern zeitgeist with personalities and motivations we can relate to in seconds. The Proud Family went off the air before I’d