Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Blacks have special insight into essence of ‘The Lion King’
New Pittsburgh Courier: "If you happened to be a Black man or woman sitting in the audience during the presentation of “Disney’s “The Lion King,” it is likely you took home a lot more than a great rendition of the Circle of Life."
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I think that there are a lot of messages that The Lion King conveys to the modern American family. I liked the comparison to the issues faced by the black community, with regard to street life, and the young men and boys who get lost in the evil street life, without anyone to beckon them home.
However we are forgetting one of the more important aspects of the lion king, when Simba, returns to pride and becomes king. If he had not and the experiences that were provided to him by Pumba, and Timon, would he be as good of a king? Personally I think that those experiences were integral to his life experiences.
Going back to the parallel between Simba, and young African American males. Experiencing the problems of the African American communities can help future leaders tackle and address these problems, taking leaps and bounds to improve the quality of life for African American communities.
I like how he talks about the difference between the reactions to movie and live theater. Having real people within 50 ft of you, can really drive emotion. While watching a cartoon character, there is less oppertunity to relate and understand the emotion of the plot.
I also found it interesting that the article insists that black fathers and sons need to see The Lion King, instead of fathers and son of all races.
There are a couple of Asian actors in Broadway who are being racially discriminated because of Lion King. To protect the African American actors, there's a condition for this show that all the actors must be black. I understand it start with the good intentions but I feel like these affirmative actions yet again have taken them to somewhere else.
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