The heroes start to bond over an intense drug trip. SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE IN DISNEY MOVIEKids might see this as a bad dream but the lava, the demonic doggie devil, and even the hell hounds tearing at Charlie’s hair are pretty grim for a movie with such a ‘sweet’ message. If there’s a doggie heaven, there’s a doggie hell. Not to mention the graphic animal testing scenes, in which rats are violently prodded by needles and rabbits stuffed in cages tremble in fear. “Nimh” is actually the National Institute of Mental Health. The movie is one big warning about what medical research can create if the ones in charge go too far. If your parents literally named you after rubbish, is it any wonder you turn out completely deranged? 3. Mufasa was named after an actual Bagada king, but what is not as well known is that Scar’s original name was Taka, which in Swahili, means dirt, or filth. He took the name ‘Scar’ so that he would never forget how anger and jealousy almost cost him an eye. The message seems to be: stick with your own kind, and in a post-colonial Britain, it's a tad too close to home. Mowgli eventually ends up leaving the animals who raised him, opting instead to live with humans. Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book can be seen as a massive metaphor for Britain’s view of India with Mowgli in Britain’s role and the animals as Indians. Hope this makes you think before you write.Part of Disney's appeal is its universality: you enjoyed The Lion King when you were eight, and let's be honest, you are still enjoying it twenty years later.īut the older you get, the more controversial some Disney movie themes and stories seem - Screen Rant reckons it has identified ten pretty political and some downright disturbing subliminal messages in (mostly) Disney films you definitely didn't pick up on as a kid: 1. And Disney was probably antisemitic, racist, and sexist, but to claim that translates into "The Lion King" is also idiotic since he was dead long before "The Lion King" was even written. No, Walt Disney was accused of antisemitism because he at one point was host to an infamous antisemitic man. He is not really accused of being a fascist, in fact there is absolutely no way he was a fascist given his tremendous success with capitalism. You are also far off on your history when it come to Walt Disney. That is why there are Nazi references in a part of the movie. It's the older audience that needs the convincing that Scar is not just selfish, he is evil. The kids are already sold on Scar being pure evil with just the way he talks, and looks. They are trying to convey that to the older audience mostly. It was a way to portray Scar and his Hyena minions as really, really bad characters, with really selfish, and evil intents. The writers of this fantastic film drew similarities between the bad guys and Nazis not to indoctrinate Nazism into our children. Actually I might be a bit ambitious to claim that, but you see the point. The Elephant Wasteland, or graveyard? That is Germany post WW1. It is actually quite simple, the Hyenas represent the Nazis, and Scar represents Hitler. So now that we are on the same page, how about I explain to you as best I can why there are indeed Nazi references. The audience is not supposed to like him, or anyone associated with him, for example, the Hyenas. He is not the hero of the story, he is the villain! Do you understand now. You are NOT supposed to sympathize with Scar, you are supposed to be against Scar, because in simple terms, he is the bad guy. Scar, if you weren't sure is the main antagonist, or as Joseph Campbell would say in his redound theory, "The Hero's Journey", The Shadow. The Hyenas are allied with the main antagonist of the story. Let me first point out that Nazism in "The Lion King", is not by any stretch of the imagination glorified. It is when you speculate the intentions of Disney you fail to pin-point the correct answer. You are spot on in that account, so don't feel too bad, at least you are not 100% wrong on this post. So here is a correct examination of what you allege is a subliminal message, or even pure indoctrination.įirst off let me state you are absolutely right to draw similarities between the hyenas, and the Nazis. But you need some tough love my friend, otherwise I fear you will fall further down the pit of idiocy until it is entirely inescapable. So sorry if I come off as a bit, or perhaps even very mean. I am having some trouble holding back my distaste for your reasoning here because in all honesty it is completely moronic to say the least.
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