Broadway’s The Lion King is a stage adaption of the 1994 Disney film. It tells the story of a young lion, Simba, living in the African Pride Lands. When his father, Mufasa, dies because of his wicked uncle, Scar, Simba flees the Pride Lands. Eventually, he meets two unlikely friends, Timon and Pumbaa. But when the ravaged Pride Lands come to find the adult lion, Simba must take on his enemy and fulfill his destiny to be king. I’ve seen the show once before a few years ago, last time they came to Charlotte. After seeing the movie, the show before, and being very familiar with the music from the highly talked about broadway show, I had very high expectations for The Lion King. The show took place at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, NC on August 23rd. The stage was medium-sized with a full orchestra. The show opens up with the classic tune “Circle of Life” featuring the entire ensemble and Rafiki. This particular number really captured my attention. The music was very intense, powerful, and you felt the emotions through the strong voices. In addition, they had gigantic elephants walking w...
The Lion King film is not just an animated Walt Disney film but an inspirational movie. I think this is a good movie for anyone to watch because it has a lot of meaning for example, life lessons. Throughout the movie, there were different examples of life lessons such as hope, justice, and perserverance. I would definitely watch it again and children and adults to watch this movie.
History holds many pieces of influential literature. These works have left such an impression in history that they continue to influence many aspects of life in modern culture, one being film. One of these pieces of literature, arguably one of the most influential, is the Bible. A plethora of movies and shows have been made as depictions of biblical scenes and narratives, however there have also been just as many films made that were less blatantly influenced by the Bible. One of these movies is the favorite Disney film "Lion King". While on face value, it doesn't seem to embody anything from the bible, if looked at a little closer, the film relates to a few biblical narratives.
...wed this particular component to make differences to such challenges from one dance to the next. This was possible due to Fagan’s approach to choreography that are different compared to another choreography that was designed to other Disney films turned musicals i.e. Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid. These two notable musicals have taken the stages of Broadway by storm. However, there is an ingredient missing to those shows that Taymor was able to capture from beginning to end with the Lion King. The Lion King musical gave the critics an idea how actors are moving across the stage, embodying the human and animal aspects of all characters from an animated element. It was a risky challenge that Fagan took by radically going from the negative into the positive using dance and movement vocabulary to balance structure and pacing of the highly successful musical.
Shakespeare is known for being a great writer, his play have been rewritten, re-adapted, and turned into films to keep their magic alive. However what many people do not know is that many of Shakespeare’s plays have been adapted into many Disney Films. More precisely “Hamlet” is one of the most used plays. Movies such as “Tarzan," “Aladdin," and “101 Dalmatians” used many scenes in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to inspire scenes in the films. The movie The Lion King by Disney, however, is one of the strongest and more closely related to “Hamlet” than any other Disney film, but how? More importantly what makes this movie more important and the focus of this essay?
It is amazing how a seemingly educated woman that has won Oscar awards for her documentaries, could possibly be so far off base in her review of the Disney movie “The Lion King”. Margaret Lazarus has taken a movie made for the entertainment of children and turned it into something that is racist, sexist and stereotypes gender roles. She uses many personal arguments to review the movie but offers few solutions. The author is well organized but she lacks alternate points of view and does not use adequate sources. Lazarus utilizes the statement at the end of her review that “the Disney Magic entranced her children, but they and millions of other children were given hidden messages that could only do them and us harm” (118). She makes her point by saying that “the Disney Magic reinforces and reproduces bigoted and stereotyped views of minorities and women in our society” (Lazarus 117). She makes comparisons such as elephant graveyards are like ghettos (Lazarus 118). Other lines of reasoning Lazarus gives us are about Whoopie Goldberg using inner city dialect, the villain Scar being gay, and only those born to privilege can bring about change (118).
In the 2016 drama, Lion, directed by Garth Davis, the themes of belonging, identity and cultural heritage are depicted through various film elements. Lion is a true story based on a young Indian boy named Saroo, who, one evening wandered off on a empty train and ends up more than 1500 miles away from home, separated from his family for more than 25 years. He eventually attempts to find his way back home to his birth mother.
The works of Karl Marx have had a great effect on the world. They influenced many people including Vladimir Lenin. The works of Vladimir Lenin have also been influential. Together they influenced the African Che Guevara who is named Thomas Sankara. Thomas Sankara was a revolutionary hero that enacted sweeping social and economic changes throughout Burkina Faso and inspired many people to believe that Africa could be autonomous and self reliant.
Although the movie The Lion King is often times viewed as nothing more than a child-based movie, in actuality, it contains a much deeper meaning. It is a movie that not only displays the hardships of maturation, and the perplexities associated with growing, but it is also a movie that deals with the search for one's identity and responsibility. As said by director Julie Taymor, "In addition to being a tale about a boy's personal growth, the `Lion King' dramatizes the ritual of the `Circle of Life'." Throughout The Lion King, Simba must endeavor through the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth to take his place in the circle of life, as king of the pridelands.
I saw two plays that I was interested in writing about, however, I realized that Lion King Jr. was the performance that piqued my interest the most. I attended the first showing on Thursday, March 2 after hearing about it from a family friend whose children were part of the cast. Courtyard Theatre Productions presented the play at the Church of Christ in Jenks, Oklahoma. Caroline Frame directed the Lion King Jr. with her assistant Libby Rose. The actors in the play were all children ranging from middle schoolers to early high schoolers; same with the tech and makeup crews. The main characters in the play were played by Cobin Stockstill as Mufasa; Emma Swank and Evi Rose as young and old Nala; Caleb Matlach as Scar; and Tanner Matlach and Jack Ransdell as young and old Simba.
The musical brings every Safari animal to life with the vivid costumes and special effects. The animatronic costumes are the most fascinating visual aspect in this musical. Unlike the cast members in Cats, the characters in The Lion King are acrobatic. They swing from ropes and vines to create a dynamic, visual effect that strongly appeals to their audience. The smooth transitions from one scene to another are another compelling element. The characters move from place to place in a split second. These majestic and cultural features portrayed in this musical make The Lion King better than Cats in this category. Unlike the cast members in The Lion King, the characters in Cats are extremely stagnant. There are merely two sets in Cats—the cityscape and the alley. The costumes are elegant, but very simple. They only consist of body suits and face paints. The visual elements between the two musicals are easy to differentiate. The Lion King is obviously more creative and majestic with their costumes and characters while Cats continues to takes the safe route with their
The aisles of the theatre fill with a herd of animals and life-size puppets that charge with excitement (Kroll 70). The crowd is mesmerized by the burning intensity of paintings and the fierce costumes that take their breath away (Kroll 70). With a marvelous combination of lighting and color The Lion King musical is a must see. The Lion King musical represents the 21st century through its expression of youth that is brought to life by its enchanting costumes, expressive sensitivity and playful animations that come to life, in a time of political dispute.
The protagonists in this book are the Pevensie children: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. Even though they have just stumbled into the realm of Narnia, they are quick to protect it from the hands of the White Witch. Peter is fair and just. Even though he is a little bit of a control freak, he always does the right thing. Susan is beautiful and gentle. There is more to her than meets the eye. Edmund is stubborn and does not like to be told what to do. Even though he betrays his siblings and follows the White Witch. he does what is right in the end. Lucy is very kind and faithful. She believes in Narnia even when no one else does. She always does what is right.
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The Lion King is a movie created by Disney and was released in the summer of 1994. It is about a pride of lions that uphold the cycle of nature, or as they call it “the circle of life” (The Lion King, 1994). The lion pride is considered royalty within the “Pride Lands” and are just and fair when it comes to hunting only what they need. A young prince named Simba is introduced and he is next in line to be the future king. However, Simba’s uncle Scar had other plans. He believed that it was his right all along to be named future king and wanted all of the glory to himself. Eventually, Scar comes up with an elaborate plan to rid the Pride Lands of Simba and the current King, Mufasa and take the throne for himself.
Roger Allersand and Rob Minkoff directed the animated Disney movie, The Lion King. The particular song I will be discussing, “Circle of Life,” composed by Elton John and scored by Hans Zimmer, plays at the very beginning of the movie and serves as the introduction of Simba to the animal kingdom as well as to the viewing audience. The scene starts out with a sunrise and then cuts to numerous different camera shots of animals from all over the animal kingdom including rhinos, meerkats, cheetahs and others. They appear as if they are all heading towards the same location, which is then shown as a plateau that is being over looked by a mountain ledge. The focus then moves to baby Simba who is being prepared for an introduction to the rest of the kingdom. Simba is then thrust towards the heavens, which leads to the other animals celebrating wildly, and then the scene ends. Throughout this paper, I will show that the texture of the music, through the use of different musical techniques, is essential in creating the particular setting and mood of this scene.