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|description_of_content='Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film ''Aladdin,'' originally featured lyrics describing the fictional Arab city in which the film takes place as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/ it's barbaric, but hey, it's home!" | |description_of_content='Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film ''Aladdin,'' originally featured lyrics describing the fictional Arab city in which the film takes place as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/ it's barbaric, but hey, it's home!" | ||
Revision as of 20:44, 8 November 2016
Artist: Disney
Year: 1992
Date of Action: July 1993
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Music
Confronting Bodies: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Description of Artwork: 'Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film Aladdin, originally featured lyrics describing the fictional Arab city in which the film takes place as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face/ it's barbaric, but hey, it's home!"
The Incident: Various Arab groups throughout the United States, including the aforementioned American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, criticized composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman as racist.
Results of Incident: After it's release and receiving several Oscars for musical score, Disney agreed to change the two lines.
Source:
• The LA Times [[1]] "The LA Times [[http" has not been listed as valid URI scheme.
