Next step is more diversity behind the camera, says teen 15, Disney Plus introduced a new disclaimer that appears before older films like Dumbo (1941) and Aladdin (1992), warning viewers that the films include harmful stereotypes.
Offensive stereotypes. Because Aladdin always had the racist stigma. Either way, an Arabic friend of mine loves Jasmine. The movie doesn't go too much into detail about Middle Eastern or Indian culture so it's crafted from the perspective of white society.
What is the warning at the beginning of the Jungle Book?
When played on the Disney+ streaming service, films such as Dumbo, Peter Pan and Jungle Book now flash up with a warning about stereotypes. "This programme includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures," the warning says. "These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now."
Violent references and undressing references have been edited for the Disney+ release. One of the lyrics in "Arabian Nights" that said "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face." were replaced by one that said "Where it's flat and immense and the heat is intense".
The original Aladdin story was actually set in China. Aladdin is one of the stories compiled in The Thousand and One Nights — a collection of Middle Eastern and Indian folk tales, however, it did not appear in the original Arabic text.
Disney adds racial trigger warnings to old cartoons
Why does Disney have a disclaimer before Aladdin?
On Oct. 15, Disney Plus introduced a new disclaimer that appears before older films like Dumbo (1941) and Aladdin (1992), warning viewers that the films include harmful stereotypes. The new message replaces the one that came with the original launch of Disney Plus late last year.
While some claim Jasmine is Arab because the movie opens with a song called Arabian Nights, others believe that the architecture in Agrabah is clearly based on the Taj Mahal, making Jasmine Indian. It's a debate that has fueled speculation that in Hollywood, Indians and Arabs are interchangeable.
Here are a few examples of titles receiving an advisory, along with an explanation of some of the negative depictions in each title:
Aristocats. The cat is depicted as a racist caricature of East Asian peoples with exaggerated stereotypical traits such as slanted eyes and buck teeth. ...
Here are 5: Dumbo (1941): Contains a scene of a group of cigar-smoking crows, with their leader named Jim Crow, referring to the racist segregation laws of the South, and voiced by a white actor.
Robin Williams Denied His Voice To Be Used For 25 Years
Whether Disney was actually planning Aladdin 4 before the untimely death of Robin Willaims or not, Willaims made it clear in his will that he didn't want his voice clips from the original Aladdin to be used in any media for the next 25 years after his death.
The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair in 1906, has been banned in multiple countries due to the socialist perspective it presents. It was one of the books famously burned by the Nazis in addition to being banned in South Korea, Yugoslavia, and Italy.
What horrifying truth did this novel reveal The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. Before the turn of the 20th century, a major reform movement had emerged in the United States.
Another big factor that heavily contributed to the cancelation of The Jungle Book 3, was the promotion of John Lasseter to principle creative advisor in 2006. Lasseter oversaw all of the new Disney animated works and projects, trying to revitalize the dying company.
Such warnings appear when users go to watch films such as Dumbo, Fantasia, Lady and the Tramp and The Jungle Book, all of which have been criticised for including racist imagery. “This programme is presented as originally created,” the message reads. “It may contain outdated cultural depictions.”
Under the service's Stories Matter section, Disney explained its decision of removing the content. 'Dumbo,' made in 1941, features a group of crows who "pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans."
Content is intended for audiences 15 and over only, and may include some depictions of violence, inappropriate language, and mild suggestive themes. Content is restricted to adults 18 and over only, and may include explicit sexual activity, violence, and drug usage.
In Disney's nearly 100-year history, there has been only one Black Disney princess — Princess Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 animated feature starring Anika Noni Rose.
Although Moana is from the fictional island Motunui some 3,000 years ago, the story and culture of Moana is based on the very real heritage and history of Polynesian islands such as Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti.
Comic Book Resources discusses that one possible reason the show is currently absent is the Genie's many pop culture references, which may violate certain streaming rights.
Why did Disney make The Jungle Book (2016) so much darker than the 1967 version? Umm... because the original Kipling story and the overall narrative itself are "dark." The 1967 animated Jungle Book was essentially a television cartoon stretched out to be long enough to be aired as a feature film.
Although most of us are acquainted with the happy-go-lucky Disneyfied version, Kipling's tale itself has many dark undertones. – The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling, future Nobel Laureate and child of colonial India, and published in 1894.
