Monday, February 9, 2009

Disney and it's beautiful truth


It took me a while to decide what to do my research paper on. I thought it was going to be a lot easier than it actually was. In the end, I choose to do the stereotypes in Disney. In multiple Disney movies, there are misrepresentations and stereotypes of different cultures. The movies that stuck out to me right off the bat were Peter Pan, Pocahontas, Aladdin, and Hercules. Both Peter Pan and Pocahontas have misleading roles of Indians and their culture. Aladdin gives the Arabians a mean, controlling role and are stereotyped as a villain. As for Hercules, this movie is stereotyped that all women are weak, and all men are strong. But as I was researching for this topic, I found much evidence supporting my opinion. Such as this article, http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1995/03/03-15-95tdc/03-15-95dops-column.asp that gave me much help.
During my research I also found many other movies that used stereotypes. Such as Arsticats, The Jungle Book, even The Little Mermaid (http://www.cracked.com/article_15677_9-most-racist-disney-characters.html). I know that these examples and movies are accurate from my own personal knowledge of watching and reading the books of these movies. I know I will have to research more about the real accurate information of each culture, but these websites gave me a starting point in which cultures I need to research and to what extent.

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