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Comparing and contrasting Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” with the original stories by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (1740) and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1756). [Read more…]
013b – The Princess and the Frog Part 2
February 29, 2020 By 2 Comments
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Comparing and contrasting Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” with the stories that inspired the film, “The Frog Princess” by E.D Baker, and “The Frog Prince” by The Brothers Grimm.
013a – The Princess and the Frog Part 1
January 29, 2020 By 2 Comments
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Comparing and contrasting Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” with the stories that inspired the film, “The Frog Princess” by E.D Baker, and “The Frog Prince” by The Brothers Grimm.
010a – The Black Cauldron Part 1
January 29, 2018 By 5 Comments
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In this episode, we compare and contrast Disney’s “The Black Cauldron” with the two books it is based on, “The Book of Three” and “The Black Cauldron” by Lloyd Alexander.
09 – Tangled
July 1, 2016 By 7 Comments
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In this episode, we compare and contrast Disney’s “Tangled” with Giambattista Basile’s “Petrosinella”, “Persinette” by Charlotte Rose de Caumont de La Force, and “Rapunzel” by The Brothers Grimm. [Read more…]
06b – The Little Mermaid Part 2
February 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment
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Jesse Johnson
Lee Witham
Princess King-Taylor
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06a – The Little Mermaid Part 1
February 5, 2015 By 8 Comments
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Jesse Johnson
Lee Witham
Princess King-Taylor
and Robert Torres
Supplemental #03 – The Tangled, Frozen, Mermaid Theory
January 18, 2015 By 5 Comments
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In this short Supplemental, I address the fan theory which alleges a connection between Disney’s “Tangled”, Frozen” and “The Little Mermaid”.
05c – Aladdin Part 3
September 30, 2014 By 1 Comment
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In the final episode of the Aladdin Series, we pick up where we left off in episode 5b, with Disney’s Aladdin trying to repair the damage of his first attempt to court Princess Jasmine, and Aladdin from the “One Thousand and One Nights” sabotaging Princess Badr Al-Badur’s marriage to the son of the Sultan’s grand vizier. There is plenty of excitement left in this near two-hour series finale. [Read more…]
05b – Aladdin Part 2
August 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
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In our last episode, we left both Disney’s Aladdin and Shahdazad’s Aladdin sealed within a deep treasure trove. Disney called it The Cave of Wonders, and in the One Thousand and One Nights it is the Cave of Treasure.
To all appearances, that should’ve been the end of the story and there shouldn’t have been anything left to say about Aladdin. And if only the greedy and anxious villains in both Disney’s and Shahadazad’s stories, had been a little more even-tempered and patient, and helped Aladdin out of the cave, it would have been.
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