I think Disney should make a JEWISH story. A JEWISH princess. They made everything else:
Arab (Jasmin),
Indian (Pocahontas),
Chinese (Mulan),
Greek (Hercules),
British (Peter Pan),
African (Lion king -African on the whole),
French (Beauty and the beast)
and sooooooo much more!!!! Why isn't there a JEWISH story... From the bible or something.... Who's with me???
...Honestly I don't think it matters much. So, what the hey, I'm with you. :) Then again, to be fair, there's more than just the Jewish ethnic background they haven't used. (To my knowledge, anyway).
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i'm not supporting disney on this, but i'm stating the facts.
Rumors speculate that walt disney was the illegitamite child of a nazi.
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Rumors speculate that walt disney was the illegitamite child of a nazi.
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As far as my knowledge goes, this ain`t even possible, since Disney was well an adult when the Dritte Reich began.
I`m not talking to myself- myself just won`t stop talking to I!
How can you "state the facts" by spouting a "rumor"? Try researching your "facts" first, THEN open your mouth.
shareWell he seemed, so interested that I figured I'd throw an idea onto the floor. Just giving you a bit of info. Sorry it offends you when somone has an idea.
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All of the films you said was about a nationality English Indian Etc if they made a Jewish film what country would it be set in as Jewish people dont really have a native homeland!
shareIf they ever do make a Jewish based movie (which probably won't happen) don't expect Mel Gibson to be in it! ahahaha.
shareJudaism is a religion, not a Nationality or a Race. Every film and Everyone you listed there was from another Nationality.
How often do you see Disney Characters celebrate their Religious Festivities, they're kids movies, not Faith Enrichment Videos!
Besides only 2% of Americans are Jewish, whilst 80% are Christians, so the larger audience of children would be confused, and therefore a Jewish Disney movie wouldn't do so well.
I'm not an expert on Jews, but as far as I know there wasn't ever any Jewsish princesses. But maybe I'm wrong, lol!
But if there wasn't, a Jewish heroine would be a good idea. If they had a good story too, of course. I'd also like to see a Disney movie set in Ancient Egypt, but that's not likely lol!
Why isn't there a JEWISH story... From the bible or something
Sarah is a Jewish princess, hence why Sarah means princess in Hebrew.
If you've seen 300, or One Night With The King, Xerxes wife was Jewish.
Maybe they could just make a movie about a "Druish" princess...
lmao!
Sorry...your comment just reminded me of Spaceballs!
Actually, Judaism is BOTH a religion and a people group. There are indeed ethnic Jews. Their homeland is Israel and it was given to them late in the 1940s.
shareBut they never were confused by ancient greek and other beliefs.
Although this might be a bad example, since "Hercules" was changed so radically it`s a pain if you know the actual myths.
But since ALL jewish myths are christian myths too, it WOULD make perfectly sense. On the other hand, I can`t remember a single truly christian Disney movie.
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well are there any pre-existing Jewish fairy tales? ....they COULD do one from the bible if they didn't try pushing the religion factor too much ..... becasue while it's really no problem to express one religion...too many people nowadays get pissed off if you don't include EVERY OTHER religion if you're willing to talk about one.
shareAll of those nationalities not religons. But in Disney world around December they are pretty fair to all religions. For Christians they have the christmas story read from the bible by a celebrity along with a string orchastra. Once I saw A Disney Christmas gift which had bits and pieces about how others celebrate different winter holidays (Christmas etc)
sharejust so you know, not all religions have thier major holidays in december. Quite a few have thedm later or earlier.I'm just saying, but it was a good idea to be fair to all religions
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If that was for me duh, Its a real pet peave of mine for people to state things we all learned in Elementary school as if the person didn't know
shareI'm all for Jew pride! (even though I'm not Jewish but a lot of my friends are.) But Judaism is unique in the fact that it's seen as a culture AND a religion, wheras none of those nationalities you listed necessarily have a specific religion linked to them. Disney can't risk pushing obvious religious themes in their films because they'd alienate a lot of viewers. Christmas has been secularized enough (Santa, presents, etc.) that they can include it in their films. Now, you could have a Disney princess from Israel or one of the surrounding countries, but the movie would have to be COMPLETELY depoliticized by setting it WAYYY in the past or something. It would be very difficult to make it seem like Disney wasn't proclaiming some political agenda - they can't risk looking blatantly pro-Israel or pro-Palestine either way.
Another quip: If you're talking PRINCESSES instead of just female main characters, Mulan, Hercules, and Peter Pan don't have princesses for the female main characters.
Official list of (human) Disney princesses:
Princesses to begin with:
Jasmine
Pocahontas
Ariel
Sleeping Beauty (her name is Aurora)
Married and became princesses:
Cinderella
Belle