When retelling a story, no matter the contents it is always exaggerated in order to make it interesting for the audience; Arabian Nights is no different. In this case, these authors trying to reenact The Thousand and One Nights are really just succumbing to Orientalism and not displaying the true culture of the Middle Eastern […]
Aladdin tells the magnificent story of a poor ‘street rat’ who is actually the rare diamond in the rough who can save the fall of the kingdom. This broken kingdom is trying to illustrate a third-world country in the Middle East with many problems, but throughout the movie, these problems don’t actually get solved. Agrabah […]
Sofia Tartakovskaya 10/16/22 “Aladdin” is a children’s movie that is well loved and promotes Arabian cultural representation, but whether its a good or bad representation is the question. The movie follows a poor Agrabah citizen, Aladdin, stealing food from a marketplace who meets a girl; princess Jasmine, who is having her own troubles revolving around […]
10/05/2022 Aladdin might be a kids movie, but have you ever thought about the connotations of it about the orient and people there? This portrayal of the middle east is an unfair and demeaning collection of stereotypes that displays a precedent about The Orient. When watching the movie as a child, you tend to overlook […]
