Does Disney's Aladdin create an offensive construction of the Arab culture through generic western stereotypes of the east?
Evidence such as the change in original lyrics of Arabian nights, the way Jasmine is portrayed and also through the characters themselves (skin tone & facial features) could suggest an offensive portrayal of the Arab culture.
Is this accurate to suggest?
Does Disney's Aladdin create an offensive construction of the Arab culture through generic western stereotypes of the east?
who gives a flying F%#". This movie is not set to modern day but hundreds of years ago so if anybody say they are offended they are either time travelers or just complete morons.
shareIs the OP writing an essay and is stuck or something?
Cause it sounds like an essay question?
It's offensive if you are really sensitive and wants everything to be realistic and accurate, including superhero-movies.
When I was young I wasn't offended nor was was any of my friends who saw it. In adult age I come across some Arabic friends who never found it offensive either.
It's an animated fairytale, loosely based on another fairytale. I don't think realism was something they achieved for with this one.
Plus if you think about it, Jasmine would be a very progressive character and isn't that what people are looking for?
I don't think it is offensive at all.
"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving is not for you!"
It can all depend on who you ask, one person can get offended by something that another person will not
shareFINALLY SOMEBODY SEES IT!
It's like, when a black cartoon character is painted black... I mean WTF, that is so racially offensive and stereotypical. Painting Middle Eastern characters with dark skin tones, --like they all have-- is just so, blatantly offensive to me in my white sheltered suburban American home.
You are not only inaccurate to suggest everything you said, but completely ignorant and foolish to do so.
Have you seen how Americans are portrayed in European, Australian, or Asian films? Probably not, and even if you did you wouldn't be offended because we do it to them all the time right? Be the bigger person and climb that huge ladder to that massive high horse you feel compelled to mount and claim ownership of. You pretentious crusader, we all bow down to the very fabric of your moral structure and character and can only dream to achieve such enlightenment. WOW, you piss me off........
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