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."
Oh those crazy (and bored?) Disney animators, Courtney - ha!
ReplyDeleteMore troubling, perhaps, are the OVERT stereotypes that Disney often constructs in their films...as we discussed a bit with REEL BAD ARABS in class...
Wonderful use of embeds here - the jury is still out for me re: the use of big font/diff color schemes...
Excellent work,
Dr. W
That's very bad I think Disney should owes all parents an apology because of the kids
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