In this episode, we take a look at the implicit politics of the 1994 Disney classic The Lion King. SImba just can’t wait to be king - but what kind of king will he be?
Are the Pride Lands actually the utopia that Mufasa paints them to be? Or is their prosperity based on the exploitation of those poor unfortunates who call the Shadowland home?
For more than a generation this movie has been painted in terms of pure good and evil - but is anything ever really that simple?
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