Aladdin
Aladdin is still one of my favorite Disney films of all time. As a little girl I must have watched it over a dozen times, possibly driving my poor mother who had to watch it with me nearly to insanity. Isn't it funny how when you're older, you can catch little things here and there that you never noticed before?
One thing that I found very interesting was the application of a stereotypical middle eastern accent to some characters, but not to others. Every single mean, burly, nasty, or just flat out bad guy had an accent. Every good character, however interestingly enough all had American accents. Hint, hint, much?
The appearance of the characters are very stereotypical as well. The women are very sexualized in typical revealing harem outfits. They also all mostly have long flowing black hair,
The men are more bestial in appearance with their burley muscles and aggressive behavior. They wear turbans and other "typical" middle eastern garments as well.
So with all of these messages sent out to the younger viewers, what can we expect them to absorb from this?
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