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REVIEW: The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live (2019)
When I heard that Disney was doing a live musical presentation of The Little Mermaid, I was more than a little concerned. This trend of adapting stage and screen classics live has mostly been a mistake, as anyone who watched Peter Pan Live or The Sound of Music Live can attest. Disney is pretty much...
Read MoreA Decade of Disney: Mulan (1998)
Munir: Hello and welcome back to our A Decade Of feature, where we are currently reviewing the Disney Renaissance. Today, we take a look at this period’s penultimate film, Mulan. Released in the summer of 1998, Mulan is based on a popular Chinese legend, and it follows the path of Aladdin and ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Cinderella (2015)
Last month, Disney released The Lion King, their latest and cash-grabbiest live-action remake. With this in mind, I’d like to take a look back at my personal favorite product of this trend, 2015’s Cinderella. Although the film opened to a strong box office and mostly positive reviews, it has sin...
Read MoreGenre Tropes Vs. Homage Vs. Plagiarism
The films of 2018, and various debates surrounding them, have been increasingly making me wonder about the difference between genre tropes, homage, and just uninspired laziness. I definitely think there’s a defined difference, and I think this past year, in particular, we’ve gotten a lot of the ...
Read MoreIs Disney Bad?
Lately, something has been annoying me a lot. When you hear kids talk about Disney, it’s probably about characters or productions that they like. With adults, it can be that, or it can be talking about how evil and greedy corporate Disney is, or what bad messages/role models they put in their ...
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