05a – Aladdin Part 1

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The story of Aladdin is one of the most familiar narratives in all of literature, a classic ‘rags to riches’ tale featuring a young hero who has to learn an important lesson; an exotic setting; a good healthy dose of magic; a beautiful heroine; and an evil villain (or two, depending on which version of the story you follow).In this episode I’ll discuss the differences between Disney’s “Aladdin” and “Aladdin or His Magical Lamp” as told by Queen Scheherazade in the original “One Thousand and One Nights”, telling each story side by side.

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Outtakes

Some parts of the episode were cut for time, or to streamline the episode so that it stayed on point. Here are a few of the ones I liked.

 

“The Thief and The Cobbler”

 

“Would-Be Censors”

 

“Cave of Wonders Improv”

 

 

Music Credits

The Fairy Tale by Roberto Ignis

Middle Eastern Cinematic Trailer by Omegamusic

Road to Jerusalem by Fabo

Habib Elomr by Abdul Khalil Ensemble

Hebbena by Abdul Khalil Ensemble

Belly Dancer by soundroll-music

 by Basil Poledouris (“Conan The Barbarian” Motion Picture Soundtrack; Universal Music Enterprises)

Dynamic Arabic Textures by music_people

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Bibliography

Print

Lyons, Malcom; Lyons, Ursula “Art of Mulan, “The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1” Penguin Classics (February 4, 2010)

Lyons, Malcom; Lyons, Ursula “Art of Mulan, “The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 2” Penguin Classics (February 4, 2010)

Lyons, Malcom; Lyons, Ursula “Art of Mulan, “The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 3” Penguin Classics (February 4, 2010)

 

Film

“Aladdin” Dir. Ron Clemens, John Musker, Buena Vista Pictures 1992

“The Thief of Baghdad” , Dir. Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, United Artists, 1940

 

World Wide Web

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade – Scheherazade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights – One Thousand and One Nights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_carpet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thief_and_the_Cobbler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Aladdin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_studies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Galland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheherazade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights