I am a huge fan of Disney and still after researching all of this, im not against them but i have changed my opinion a little bit. I dont know if this is exactly what were being asked but ill post it anyways, i figured its a good discussion and in some ways relates to the preview posts.
Recently while searching you tube i came across "aladans secret message", im sure many people have heard about this but in that message he say, "teenagers, take your clothes off". This came as a shock to me because i heard it for myself and that is clearly what is says. Anywho this video got me very interested in the history of disney films in general and when i researched it i was shocked to see the perverted things they added to there films. For instance, the cover of the little mermaid has inappropriate pictures disguised in the castle, the lion king has a seen where the stars in the sky say sex and these arnt the only ones.
Futhermore, Aladan is all over the web for being racist along with other Disney movies. Disney is a huge role model to kids all over the world but it isnt as innocent as we all may think.
According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC),
children between 2 and 5 years of age start to become aware of race, ethnicity, gender and
disabilities. The Aladdin character in that movie portrays “bad” Arabs with
thick foreign accents while Anglicized Jasmine and Aladdin speak in standard Americanized
English. Aladdin looks and sounds like a fresh-faced American boy. One of the
evil characters, Jafar, looks very Arabic. Some of the lyrics in the movie convey racist
overtones: “I come from a land…where they cut off your ears if they don’t like your face. It’s
barbaric, but hey, it’s home"
My point is not to get anyones opinion on Disney to change but i do think it is an example that shows the real truth of something so powerful to children and even adults.
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