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...certainly one of the more dramatic. The movie begins with Mufasa, king of the plains (NOT the jungle--the Disney people are too smart to fall for cliches here) presenting his small cub, Simba, to his assorted subjects. Elephants trumpet. The soundtrack rises in pitch. And then, the scene suddenly disappears from the screen, abruptly replaced with "THE LION KING"--blood-red, no less (more on that later...
There are the bare bones (no pun intended) of the tale. Of course, in the 87 minutes of the movie, much more is presented. Simba's relationship with his father and the effect Mufasa's death has on the small cub is a prominent subtheme. Their bond carries even beyond death, and Simba's 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...
THAT MOUNTAIN LION CUB...
...Cub of Calif. killer cat gets more aid $ than kids of human victim...
...shows up wearing a license plate around his neck that reads, CUBS WIN! and a hat that says, SOX SUCK! In the question-and-answer session he gets up to chide the management cheapskates for ruining Cub pitching. He's figured it out mathematically: "For less than 10 cents a share, you could have got three of the top pitchers in the game...