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Tag Archives: Till We FInd Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King
Till We Find Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King #6: Mufasa
If there is anything Disney movies have in common with the superhero genre it’s the absence of the protagonist’s birth parents. Much of this has to do with the source material for many of these fairy tales films. While many … Continue reading →
Till We Find Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King #5: Scar
One of the hallmarks of the Disney Renaissance era is it’s larger than life, memorable villains. The earlier films in the Disney Canon were no slouch in the villain department, as the likes Lady Tremain in Cinderella, the Wicked … Continue reading →
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Till We Find Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King #4: Timon and Pumbaa
It goes without saying that one of the most defining traits of a Disney film is talking animal sidekicks. The first film to feature such a character was Disney’s second full length animated film, Pinocchio, with the iconic insect turned … Continue reading →
Till We Find Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King #3: Rafiki.
Despite the penchant for absent or dead parents in the lives of many Disney heroes and heroines, they are not completely without some kind of guide along their journey. Whether it’s a foster parent, a guardian, or a fairy someone … Continue reading →
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Till We Find Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King: #2 Nala
Not only did the 1990s mark the pinnacle of Disney movies with ground breaking animation, solid writing, Broadway worthy songs, and giving the heroes of the films more personality past an eponymous character attribute, the Disney Princess appeared to have … Continue reading →
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Till We Find Our Place: Celebrating The Lion King #1: Simba
There is a very good reason why the period of the late 1980s to the mid 1990s are best referred to in the world of cinema as the Disney Renaissance. Like the age itself, it marked a new birth of … Continue reading →
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From Jonathon D. Svendsen, the mind behind Countdown to Avengers, Road to Rises, An Unexpected Blog Series, The Saga Continues, These are the Voyages, Good Grief, I’ll Be Right Here, Life Finds a Way, and What’s This? Comes an exciting … Continue reading →
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