Disney corrupting the minds of youth? Media Meditation #3

     Most children in the United States have seen the classic Disney films such as:  Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and The Rescuers. Each of these four films has messages or images hidden in them that most children do not notice. In other cases, they notice years later.






     With Disney, being one of the more economically stable companies, messages such as these will not completely destroy the empire, but many of the movies have since been changed. When the movies go into the "vault" for 10 years they often alter them in order to take out any of these hidden messages.
     Since the original movies first release, more of these messages have not been found, but that is not to say that they do not exist in the newer films, such as Toy Story 3 or Finding Nemo.
     In The Little Mermaid, arguably one of the more popular Disney Princess movies, there are at least two hidden images. The first is the more commonly known image, the castle portrayed on the cover, as well as in the film, has a penis right in the center of it.

     In addition to this image, when Ursula and Eric are getting married the priest is said to be a little too happy about the festivities. Although it later becomes known that it was nearly the priests knees, the original thought is not quite as innocent.

     The Lion King is yet another popular Disney Classic that has a hidden message within it. Although many young children who watch the film may not know the meaning of the word "sex" the fact that it appears within a Disney movies brought about much commotion for the world-wide industry.

     The letters spelled out in the dust that blow as the lion collapses are often hard to see if you are not looking for them. Once you know they're there, it's all you see during the scene. 

     Aladdin, one of the most popular Disney movies of all time has a more verbal message concealed within it. In once clip of the movie Aladdin says "good teenagers, take off your clothes."

     Many people do not hear the line when they watch the movie without knowing. Like in the other films, once they know it's there they question how they ever went without knowing.     The last film I want to bring up is The Rescuers. In once scene from the film you can look behind the mice and see a naked woman in the window. 

     As a child I watched many of these movies many many times. In the case of Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid, I have the original VHS copies of the films that were put out before anyone noticed and could  take them out. Overall, the films are still amazing.      The many messages that are able to be hidden without someone noticing, and the company is still able to be the biggest child's movie company in the world and one of the biggest franchises world-wide.