overheard on the bus this evening

[xatalantax]

Three white twentysomethings behind me discuss teaching a young niece about the true nature of The Lion King, the alternative pedagogical frames - Marxist, feminist - into which one could fit the film ("film" not "movie" by the way), and the deeply racist undercurrents throughout, what with all those evil black hyenas.

Two black fortysomethings sitting in front of me, who don't appear to be together, exchange deeply amused glances.

Comments

[damiel.livejournal.com]

That is ridiculous!

I mean, everyone knows that the correct framework to analyze The Lion King is a queer-Foucauldian one.

[irene-adler.livejournal.com]

Hee, hee, hee . . . I love it.

[kittymalicious.livejournal.com]

that is so, so routledge. i'm the only asian in a room full of white kids telling me how horrible it was they didn't hire more asians. which is why i quit!

[sylvarogre.livejournal.com]

heh, last time I watched Cheech and Chong, or Nash Bridges for that matter, I didn't notice Ceech Marin was black... maybe I need PC Goggles instead of Postals. Besides, I thought the way to view the Lion King was as a high-budget, Disney rip-off of Kimba the White Lion, but then I know a lot of Anime freaks.

[starless.livejournal.com]

one geeky twenty-something sits in front of his computer and deeply rolls his eyes.




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