Another short film, Reel Bad Arabs, deals with the Islamophobia and anti-Arab images in Disney and Hollywood, and also underscores how pervasive Islamophobia has become in US culture since 9/11. What blew my mind was some of the lyrics for the opening theme of Disney's "Alladin". I quote:
Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face/its barbaric/but hey, its home!
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check out "planet of the arabs" (inspired by reel bad arabs) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi1ZNEjEarw
I was super pissed that they added the unnecessary male love interest to Mulan. I mean, it already was dealing with gender stuff by Mulan cross dressing to protect her father, but then to take a it away by refusing to let her be the sole protagonist of the story?
Boo.
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