Disney Studio's "Alladin"

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By:EBW
Date: Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 1:08 am

In Response To: Re: The (false) prophet's image

(mir)

The film�s opening song sets the tone;

"Oh, I come from a land, From a faraway place, Where the caravan camels roam, Where they cut off your ear If they don�t like your face, It�s Barbaric, but hey, it�s home."

Thus the film immediately characterizes the Arab world as alien, exotic, and "other."

Arab Americans see this film as perpetuating the tired stereotype of the Arab world as a place of deserts and camels, of arbitrary cruelty and barbarism.

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Life's Small Pleasures
Unworthy Servant -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 5:55 am
- Re: Life's Small Pleasures
  Charlie -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 9:25 am
  - Hoping they win =' )
    Seahawk's fan -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 10:25 am
  - Re: Life's Small Pleasures
    matt -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 11:05 am
    - Re: Life's Small Pleasures
      Charlie -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 4:03 pm
      - Re: Life's Small Pleasures
        US -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 4:49 am
- Interesting article by a female Danish/Pakistani
  Linda Tx -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 12:59 pm
  - Oh, and one important point
    Linda Tx -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 1:03 pm
  - You're right
    EBW -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 2:37 pm
    - It's that sneaky ol Dialectic at work again
      Daniel -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 9:50 pm
      - Bottom line: "Conflict creates change"
        EBW -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 1:15 am
  - Re: Interesting article by a female Danish/Pakista
    mir -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 3:57 pm
    - Re: Interesting article by a female Danish/Pakista
      Linda Tx -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 2:32 am
      - Re: Interesting article by a female Danish/Pakista
        mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 8:00 am
  - Timing is suspect
    US -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 5:10 am
    - Re: Timing is suspect
      mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 7:44 am
      - Re: Timing is suspect
        Some Thoughts -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 8:45 am
      - Re: Timing is suspect
        A Dane -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 9:22 am
        
        Re: Timing is suspect
        mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 9:57 am
        
        Re: Timing is suspect
        A Dane -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 10:17 am
        
        Re: Timing is suspect
        mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 10:27 am
        
        Re: Timing is suspect
        Some Thoughts -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 11:59 am
        
        Timing is suspect
        Some other thoughts -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 1:05 pm
        
        Re: Timing is suspect
        mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 9:02 pm
        
        Did you say Danish??
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 12:35 am
        
        An example of how the media is blowing this up
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 12:50 am
        
        The cartoons in question
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 1:09 am
        
        Re: Did you say Danish??
        A Dane -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 5:34 am
        
        So much for computer translation
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 4:12 pm
        
        sure sure EBW
        lydia -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 8:21 am
        
        Glad to see you agree
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 3:43 pm
        
        Lydia, you got it wrong!
        bobbym -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 4:45 pm
        
        Actually you're not far off
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 5:08 pm
        
        Re: Did you say Danish??
        Some Thoughts -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 9:06 am
- Re: Life's Small Pleasures
  mir -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 6:26 pm
  - The (false) prophet's image
    bobbym -- Sunday, 5 February 2006, 7:36 pm
    - Re: The (false) prophet's image
      mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 7:54 am
      - Disney Studio's "Alladin"
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 1:08 am
        
        Re: Disney Studio's "Alladin"
        mir -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 8:22 am
        
        Are you kidding?????????????
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 4:19 pm
        
        You know better than that!
        bobbym -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 5:00 pm
        
        Right and wrong
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 6:43 pm
        
        Re: Right and wrong
        Some Thoughts -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 8:16 pm
        
        Somehow this reminds me of you
        EBW -- Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 4:19 am
        
        Well you got that one wrong.
        Some Thoughts -- Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 8:44 am
        
        Once more you misunderstand
        bobbym -- Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 5:41 am
        
        Have you changed your tune or what
        EBW -- Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 8:27 am
        
        Some Thoughts, bobbym, Lydia, A Dane, others
        mir -- Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 7:17 pm
        
        Silly...
        mir -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 5:34 pm
        
        Sillier
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 6:56 pm
        
        Some countries DO have an official religion
        Some thoughts -- Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 10:22 am
  - The difference
    EBW -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 1:24 am
    - Hype and Circumstances
      Some Thoughts -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 8:52 am
      - were you addressing me?
        EBW -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 1:14 pm
        
        Re: were you addressing me?
        Some Thoughts -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 3:57 pm
        
        Like I said
        EBW -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 4:46 pm
        
        Re: Like I said
        Some Thoughts -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 5:27 pm
        
        He may be thinking...
        mir -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 9:05 pm
        
        Not at all
        EBW -- Monday, 6 February 2006, 11:03 pm
        
        I like what he/she said
        lydia -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 8:28 am
        
        Or a fever
        mir -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 8:40 am
        
        a consuming fire
        EBW -- Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 7:00 pm

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