Stereotypes In The Lion King

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Xavier Avila English Comp. Kenderes November 26, 2012 MOUSCHWITZ The Lion King is a Disney “Classic”, meaning some would consider it to be a progressive film, that many children have seen numerous times around the world. But what if this seemingly innocent film was in fact filling our child’s mind with ignorance, sexist thougts, and racial stereotypes? In this paper, I take a negotiated approach to the Disney film The Lion King, analyzing its treatment of race, gender, and hierarchy. This Disney movie revolves around african animals, so one might question how race could play a role in such a film. Well, looking closely and paying attention to detail one might notice that all the bad or “evil” characters (Scar, the hienas, buzzards, etc.) are much more darker in tone than the good characters (Mufasa, Simba, Zazu, etc.) or even other animals in general. Mufasa is portrayed as this all knowing, God like character when we first see him and even his son, Simba, has sun rays reflecting off of his light brown/golden fur when he is first…show more content…
The movie centers around a young cub who will grow up and become King of the Pride Land, just like his father. One can see “class” all througout the film in how characters look, sound, and speak. The privelaged almost have this certain way of talking more formal than the rest.While the less fortunate don’t talk with such grace. One of the hienas makes a comment about Scar that he may be like one of them, but he still talks like someone who is privelaged. This line really makes one think. Throughout the movie, Scar talks just as gracefully as the other royals, but his actions show that he is not a trustworthy character. Just because someone looks the part, doesn’t necessarily mean that they have it. And just because someone may not look the part, doesn’t mean that they can’t be it. Scar uses this concept to his advantage to complete his dasterdly deeds throughout the

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