The live-action Aladdin remake is what you get when you take what white people think the Middle East is and colonize it with peppy, witless actors. I don't need to set up the premise of Aladdin for you; you already know the story. And that's what the new Disney live-action remake assumes, too, skipping character introductions in the beginning for a montage of the hot-spots in the fictional city of Agrabah - from the Sultan's palace overlooking the sprawling city to the Cave of Wonders with its M...
Will Smith Can't Save "Aladdin": The Live-Action Remake Gets the Middle East Wrong
Popdust - 25 May 2019 16:30
The live-action Aladdin remake is what you get when you take what white people think the Middle East is and colonize it with peppy, witless actors. I don't need to set up the premise of Aladdin for you; you already know the story. And that's what the new Disney live-action remake assumes, too, skipping character introductions in the beginning for a montage of the hot-spots in the fictional city of Agrabah - from the Sultan's palace overlooking the sprawling city to the Cave of Wonders with its M...
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