Is Aladdin offensive?
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Szabu — 9 years ago(April 28, 2016 12:40 AM)
I'm glad Aladdin's fantasy kingdom of Agrabah is nothing like the Middle East of today. The Middle East is a joyless, dry (not just in a literal sense) and depressing. And yes, I've actually been there, in Saudi Arabia.
If anything, Aladdin's portrayal of Arabic culture is the opposite of offensive. -
racy1285 — 10 years ago(October 25, 2015 04:17 PM)
Would you please elaborate this one? What is wrong with the way Jasmine is portrayed?
I think he's talking about if the movie was accurate to the middleeast. Jasmine would most likely be wearing middleeastern type of garment. I don't think Middleeasterns would take too kindly to a woman especially a Princess wearing that two piece that Jasmine is wearing in the film. They are a very modest people especially when it comes to showing skin.
We also need to remember that these are fantasy films. They aren't documentaries. Its basically like asking "Lord of The Rings" to be accurate. -
Stratego — 10 years ago(October 27, 2015 01:39 PM)
Technically, Jasmine would've lived in the women's quarters, called the harem. But she was more dressed like a belly dancer. Although there was a time that women in the harem enjoyed quite a lot of freedom, I doubt they dressed like that.
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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 10 years ago(November 06, 2015 06:38 AM)
No. But then it is made by Americans so therefore anybody from that part of the world would be offended by it. Frankly I think a movie that is somewhat offensive to Arabs is True Lies but it doesn't bother me that much. But it was made before Islamic Terrorism was as big of a thing as it is now.
Green Goblin is great! -
Miss_Georgia — 10 years ago(November 26, 2015 01:32 PM)
No, it is not offensive. It is a disney animated movie and not a documentary. Jasmine's clothes were chosen because they are pretty. I was a little girl when Aladdin came out. Loved it and thought "oh she is pretty! Her outfit is so cool!". It is not a documentary and one of the main characters is a genie (they do not exist) and a talking bird. Yeah, I think we will all survive, lol. No one should look to disney for realism. Its entertainment. As another poster said, no one gets up in arms dissecting whether or not Beauty and the Beast was true enough to France and French culture.
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dreviluk — 10 years ago(December 13, 2015 11:32 AM)
Does Disney's Aladdin create an offensive construction of the Arab culture through generic western stereotypes of the east?
I only get offended by people that people would get offended by things like this
You tell 'im Im coming! -
jajceboy — 10 years ago(December 31, 2015 07:46 AM)
Is the OP writing an essay and is stuck or something?
Cause it sounds like an essay question?
It's offensive if you are really sensitive and wants everything to be realistic and accurate, including superhero-movies.
When I was young I wasn't offended nor was was any of my friends who saw it. In adult age I come across some Arabic friends who never found it offensive either.
It's an animated fairytale, loosely based on another fairytale. I don't think realism was something they achieved for with this one.
Plus if you think about it, Jasmine would be a very progressive character and isn't that what people are looking for? -
Mellow-Fellow — 9 years ago(April 28, 2016 01:52 PM)
FINALLY SOMEBODY SEES IT!
It's like, when a black cartoon character is painted black I mean WTF, that is so racially offensive and stereotypical. Painting Middle Eastern characters with dark skin tones, like they all have is just so, blatantly offensive to me in my white sheltered suburban American home.
You are not only inaccurate to suggest everything you said, but completely ignorant and foolish to do so.
Have you seen how Americans are portrayed in European, Australian, or Asian films? Probably not, and even if you did you wouldn't be offended because we do it to them all the time right? Be the bigger person and climb that huge ladder to that massive high horse you feel compelled to mount and claim ownership of. You pretentious crusader, we all bow down to the very fabric of your moral structure and character and can only dream to achieve such enlightenment. WOW, you piss me off..