In Speech class yesterday, I watched a documentary about how Disney movies are bad for your children to watch. Because they give them subliminal messages on how to live their life.
The Race issue...
All of these Scholars talked about (Lets take Black people)... Now the only black people are... well, there ARE no black people in Disney movies!!! But they do represent them through their voices., Like the Hyenas in the Lion King, Who are assistants to the bad guys... and the Monkeys in the Jungle Book where they really wanted to be like the white man... and... the black crows in Dumbo and they made them sly and pretty much making fun of the innocent. So! Disney makes black people the evil ones, pretty much.
Then there's the Latino race, and the only two times you see one is in the voice of a chihuahua. Tito from Oliver and Company was a dirty Mexican and loved the ones that hated them the most.. (that purdy Poodle) Then there's a little glimpse of a chihuahua in Lady and the Tramp, where they all sit in the dog catchers truck.. and the Mexican is all dirty once again, and in jail pretty much...
They also talked about how they reflected Asians.... Starting off with the two Siamese cats in Lady and the Tramp and they were sly, evil, mischievous, cunning.... makes children try not to trust them. Then you would think that Disney helped themselves out of this race hole when they created Mulan.... But no. Turns out that they pretty much made FUN of the Chinese culture with the geisha stuff that they put into it. None of that really happens in China anymore.. so it was bad.
AND last but not least in the Race Category..... The Arabs. In the beginning song of Aladdin, "Arabian Nights" was played and before the movie even came out, the music guy wrote two versions and guess which one Disney picked... the Racist one! lol. If you listen to the song it says, "I've come from a land, from a far away place. Where the Caravan Camels roam, where they cut off your ears if they don't life your face, its barbaric, but hey... its home."
Omg, that sturred up soooo much shit with people who actually lived in Agraba. They also got upset when Jasmin almost had her hand cut off for "stealing." Apparently that only happens in one little part and its also if you have been warned for like three or four times for stealing. >.<
THEN we have..... How they're teaching little girls to think.
In Beauty and the Beast... If you don't watch the movie and just think about it, the movie is just an abusive relationship. Belle getting her father taken away, while the beast is saying if she doesn't eat with me, then she doesn't eat at all.... and runs away, he yells at her all the time, but what does Disney call it? Just a grumpy temper... and has belle stay with him and be nice to him then eventually he'll turn into her prince. That doesn't happen in real life!!!!! you get beat and yelled at and the guy never gets better!!! >.< So basically its giving little girls hope that when they grow up and become in an abusive relationship, their man will be nice to her someday.
and with the french maid with the candle stick... She's saying "no no no" but Lumiere is making her WANT him and truly she means, "yes yes yes" very confusing tips to teach your little girls.
I coulg go on... but I have to bounce... I'll add on this later.
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Haha you have to bounce! ...I love it! ...I never thought about it but it soo true! ...I wonder if the recent movies are as bad... like Bolt... and whatever else! haha
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