“Where they cut off your ear
If they don’t like your face
It’s barbaric, but hey, it’s home.”
For some reason they kept the “barbaric” part.
Comment on Lmao
andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I feel like this kind of bullshit is a distraction from actual criticisms of the way the movie Aladdin depicts the Middle East.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, the origination of the story is a mess to begin with so of course it’s going to misrepresent things, this comment kinda goes into the details a bit - lemmy.world/comment/23310329
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, otherwise we get along 🎵
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
A Palestinian friend once went on this mini rant about how Aladdin wasn’t even Middle-Eastern. Al Addin (according to the friend) means “The Easterner.” So Aladdin should have been Indian or Korean or something.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
TIL from comments here that Aladdin was originally set in China, so this is very plausible.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
From my understanding Alladin is racist just in a really lazy way