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.