A's and F's (Disney)

Dec 21, 2009 18:29

In Stephen Colbert's standard way, I feel the need to give a Tip of the Hat and Wag of the Finger to some folks.

First A+ of the night goes to Mexico City for being the first Latin-American country to approve same-sex marriage!

Next, an F to the Senate for furthering its decent into white-heteronormative-upperclass-male madness by increasing the ( Read more... )

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proudduckling December 22 2009, 04:37:45 UTC
I like "Hunchback", but probably wouldn't watch it with a kid. I love "Lion King", but am uncomfortable with how very color-coded it is.

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lokiiago December 22 2009, 16:57:50 UTC
I think I'm scarred, I saw Hunchback way too early :P Kevin Klein is in it which is awesome and I love the part where you go underground with the freaky people.

Color-coded? But they're yellow, brown, blue, and red. Unless you mean darker as opposed to lighter in which case yeah I can see that.

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proudduckling December 22 2009, 22:03:15 UTC
All the bad guys are darker than all the good guys. . . you get all the recognizably "black" voices on the hyenas. . . and when the hyenas move in to Pride Rock, there's a definite vibe of "Oh, there goes the neighborhood."

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lokiiago December 23 2009, 00:10:29 UTC
Ohhh yeah I can see that. But then again, Mufasa and Nala definitely are recognizable as African-American actors. Btw is "Afro-American" bad to say?

I can see the darker-than-the-goodguys thing though. Oh Walt.

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