As in other Disney movies there is issues concerning race and gender portray in Aladdin, the plot of this film will be analyzed using the “Cooley’s looking glass self” and the “Goffman’s dramaturgy” theories in order to understand what is the vision of the Middle East that Disney is providing to us and specially to children.
Many of the information found in Disney films and TV shows shape children’s vision of the exterior world and their imagination, it also contributes to the build of criteria to determine what is considered to be correct and incorrect. “Aladdin” shows models of behavior and attitudes very drastic and contrasted, we see a thief who steals for the poor and a member of the government who want to obtain absolute power. The model of behavior comes later in the story as the thief; Aladdin becomes a false prince and collaborates in the fight against the grand vizier, Jaffar, who want to get the control of Agrabah; in this sense, the story explores the value of equality and fairness. The critics about this movie are based in the cultural mechanisms portrayed in Aladdin, many of them had