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Critical analysis of the film Aladdin Yawen Ye
Disney movies have a target audience of young impressionable children. Many young children grow up watching Disney films, because they are regarded as ideal family movies to educate our new generation. However, although some movies on first glance are entertaining and educational for the young minds, it actually has many hidden messages that children do not realize are negative and believe that what they see is true. Disney movie contain a negative representation that are racist toward ethnic groups, sexism toward behavior and treatment of woman, and construct false realities that are destructive to the human dignity. In this case, there is no better example than Aladdin that disregarded the obvious depiction of careless racism toward Arabs seen in the illustration of the characters. In the film Aladdin, Arabs are portrayed as charlatans and thief who lean on violent or conniving artifices to sustain their living，and through countless scene depicted in the film, Arabs are stereotyped as a racial group have not advanced culturally, nor could they afford to because of their poverty stricken lives. When children watch film this, their minds are open, absorbing information as a sponge. The media captivate their attention on mediums as movies and tell them what the world like. In this case what they would believe about Arabs when they are watching Aladdin? According to the research of Lippi-Green in her essay Teaching Children How To Discriminate, we can find evidence that film and TV have a heavy impact how children viewing people. She claims “ television and movies industries have became a major avenue of contact to the world outside our home and communities. For many, especially for children, it is the only view they have of people of other races or national origins.” Therefore,
Critical analysis of the film Aladdin Yawen Ye
Disney movies have a target audience of young impressionable children. Many young children grow up watching Disney films, because they are regarded as ideal family movies to educate our new generation. However, although some movies on first glance are entertaining and educational for the young minds, it actually has many hidden messages that children do not realize are negative and believe that what they see is true. Disney movie contain a negative representation that are racist toward ethnic groups, sexism toward behavior and treatment of woman, and construct false realities that are destructive to the human dignity. In this case, there is no better example than Aladdin that disregarded the obvious depiction of careless racism toward Arabs seen in the illustration of the characters. In the film Aladdin, Arabs are portrayed as charlatans and thief who lean on violent or conniving artifices to sustain their living，and through countless scene depicted in the film, Arabs are stereotyped as a racial group have not advanced culturally, nor could they afford to because of their poverty stricken lives. When children watch film this, their minds are open, absorbing information as a sponge. The media captivate their attention on mediums as movies and tell them what the world like. In this case what they would believe about Arabs when they are watching Aladdin? According to the research of Lippi-Green in her essay Teaching Children How To Discriminate, we can find evidence that film and TV have a heavy impact how children viewing people. She claims “ television and movies industries have became a major avenue of contact to the world outside our home and communities. For many, especially for children, it is the only view they have of people of other races or national origins.” Therefore,