Throwback Thursday 8/24

This Thursday, I’m thinking about what the fuck happened to Disney. What a tragedy.

I mean, regardless of whether or not Walt Disney was a racist, the point is that Disney movies changed my childhood. And not in a weird, subliminally damaging, my-daddy-is-my-only-friend kind of way. In a serious, my-life-would-not-be-the-same-without-them kind of way. 

My favorite classic Disney movie? 

Aladdin. 

Second is The Little Mermaid. 

Third is Beauty and the Beast. 

You can argue for The Lion King and Mulan all you want, but they just didn’t cut it for me. 

So, the point of all this rambling is that like most of you, I got to the age where I started hearing all kinds of negative buzz about Disney movies. You know, that kid in your fifth grade class who was all, hey did you see those tits in The Rescuers? Or did you see that erect penis on the original The Little Mermaid VHS box cover? Or did you know that the stars in the sky in The Lion King spell out SEX?

And let me just say, I found all that shit pretty ridiculous. To have something I loved tainted so carelessly…I was gonna get to the bottom of it. So I turned to the Internet, of course.

And what did I learn? 

That some people have way too much fucking time on their hands. 

I watched a seven minute slideshow of all the times the word SEX appears in The Lion King and Pocahontas, and it was just some random idiot pointing out every time the blades of grass cross in a way that could possibly be trying to spell the word. Seriously. Get a fucking life.

However, there were a few things that had some truth to them. And here they are:

In The Little Mermaid, the priest on the boat at the end appears to have a boner:

Also, check out that castle on the VHS case:

And those tits:

 And this is just for fun:

And last, but certainly not least, the controversy on Aladdin. Apparently he says “Take off your clothes” when he is on the balcony with Jasmine. Here’s the clip:

I know. What? 

Also, in addition to rumors like these, there are all kinds of myths about Disney movies that probably aren’t true, but are fun to consider anyway. 

Like for instance, that Aladdin is actually set in the future. How could that be? Well, there's a scene in the movie where Genie calls Aladdin's clothes "so 3rd century." However, as we all know, the Genie was locked inside the lamp for the past 10,000 years, meaning that there is no way he could have known what the 3rd century was like…UNLESS Aladdin actually takes place in the FUTURE, in at least 10,300 AD. The movie itself is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, one where only some Arabic culture has survived. The things called "magic" are actually just some of the technological marvels left behind by the previous civilization. (Flying carpets, genetically engineered parrots, etc.). Crazy, right?!

Despite all the bullshit, though, classic Disney movies are fucking sweet. Always have been, always will be!

I wonder what kind of subliminal messages Dip-TV will slip into their projects....

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Man, this Throwback Thursday has gotten me thinking about old times. When shit was better. When a penis on the cover of a dvd case was a Disney Scandal, not leaked pictures of Miley Cyrus naked. :(

SO, What’s your favorite Disney classic? 

(Anything made post-millennium doesn’t count, sorry. Anybody who calls Finding Nemo a classic has a mental illness.)

Let me know what you love!

Seeya next week!

<3 DELLA 

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