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|medium=Film/Video, Music | |medium=Film/Video, Music | ||
|date_of_action=July 1993 | |date_of_action=July 1993 | ||
|description_of_content='Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film | |description_of_content='Arabian Nights,' the opening theme of the Disney film ''Aladdin,'' originally featured lyrics describing an Arab country as "a faraway place/...where they cut off your ear/if they don't like your face." | ||
|description_of_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. | |description_of_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. | ||
|description_of_result=After it's release and receiving several Oscars for musical score, Disney agreed to change the two lines. | |description_of_result=After it's release and receiving several Oscars for musical score, Disney agreed to change the two lines. | ||