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...Jasmine (from Aladdin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes Sold Last Week At Toys R Us | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

Jeffrey Katzenberg, the enormously successful head of Disney's studio division, abruptly resigned after losing a bid for the company's No. 2 post. Hailed as the mastermind behind such blockbusters as Aladdin and The Lion King, the mercurial Katzenberg sought the post after the April death of Disney president Frank Wells. Katzenberg's exit augurs more uncertainty for Disney, which this year has already weathered Wells' death and chairman Michael Eisner's quadruple-bypass heart surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week August 21-27 | 9/5/1994 | See Source »

What struck me most about "The Lion King" was that of Disney's recent string of blockbuster animated movies, it is the fist which I think will be better received by men than women. "The Lion King," unlike "Beauty and the Beast," "The Little Mermaid," and "Aladdin" has a male protagonist and is not, as the other three films were, essentially a romance. All four movies are, of course, imbued with the overriding, hallmark Disney morality themes of good versus evil, etc. But "The Lion King" is the first to focus on the relationship between a father...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Disney Makes A Male Movie | 7/6/1994 | See Source »

...wish to make his father proud is a realistic drive. While the father-child relationship is a common element in Disney tales, this one is somehow much stronger, perhaps because the father is neither overly harsh (a la "The Little Mermaid") nor a bumbling fool ("Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: The Lion King Roars as a Classic | 7/1/1994 | See Source »

...voices have an unexpected, subtle effect--that of diversity. In fact, the combination of an all-animal cast and a diverse group of voices gives an aura of diversity much stronger than any from "Aladdin," ostentatiously Disney's grand effort at diversity...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, | Title: The Lion King Roars as a Classic | 7/1/1994 | See Source »

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