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disney is serious business
Having Aladdin on my nametag at work has produced some interesting reactions from guests, and I have written about most of them in at least in a general sort of way, but I have so far restrained myself from writing about my least favourite. Every so often I get a guest who is absolutely determined to inform me of Aladdin's true pervy nature, and refuses to take the hint that I am Not Interested in hearing about it.
For those of you not in the know (and the idea that people who are not in the know could still exist slightly baffles me), in the movie's balcony scene, Aladdin supposedly says, "Good teenagers, take off your clothes." And despite the fact that this is the most muffled line in cinema history (I have watched this movie many, many, many, many times and, in my opinion, you would have to turn the volume up unecessarily loud in order to make out anything he says at this point), people who believe this is what he says ADAMANTLY BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS. "Turn it up!" said my guest today, "It's there!" Fun fact? It's not there anymore. These adamant believers caused so much ridiculous controversy that Disney removed the line from the DVD. Way to fuel the rumours, Disney. :P
So yes, as you can guess, I don't believe Aladdin says anything of the sort, and I am SICK TO DEATH OF BEING TOLD THAT HE DOES.
Here is where this entry breaks off into its three alternate endings:
1) All this talk of supposed Disney perviness always reminds me of the one web page I saw way back when that set out to prove that the word "sex" appears in the flames of Frollo's fireplace during the Hunchback of Notre Dame song "Hellfire." Oh goodness I wish more people had latched onto this one, because I find ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS the idea that someone would get all worked up about the word supposedly for a split second kinda sorta maybe appearing onscreen but would completely ignore the content of the song that's playing over it. Because what is that song about? I mean, let's be honest here. xD
2) There is a line in the film in which Aladdin supposedly instructs "all good teenagers, take off your clothes." This caused a great number of press releases and angry letters from concerned parents who were apparently unaware that teenagers do this kind of thing anyway.
Oh, Disney Lies. You continue to be my favourite source for Disney misinformation. <3
3) One of the reasons I am so sick to death of hearing about the sexual messages supposedly hidden in Disney films is because of that essay I wrote in second year. Almost every time I told someone I was writing an essay about gender in Disney animation, they would bust out with the Aladdin line, or the Lion King dust, and one of my co-workers got angry at me when I brushed her comments off, claiming that a film professor had told her of these things and so they must be true. Let me tell you, sweetheart, I have read more than my fair share of academic writing about Disney, and it is the rare professor who actually knows what they are talking about with regards to this stuff. I have in my possession a scholarly and published article that spells "Disney World" as "Disneyworld" the entire. way. through. If they can't get the name of a theme park right, I find it hard to believe they wouldn't just blindly accept that Aladdin is a child-corrupting sort of guy.
Another of the reasons I am so sick to death of hearing about this stuff is because if you want to talk about the "dark side of Disney" or whatever, this is not it. Disney is a HUGE company that has been around for a good eighty years. They have done many things, both obvious and not-so-obvious, both current and buried by time, that could be considered much worse - and that I consider much more interesting - than Aladdin's supposed line.
But ... that is kind of part of why I love Disney, to be honest. <3 If you dig a little deeper than my guests seem to do, you can find some absolutely fascinating stuff.
(AW MAN this reminds me of that ginormous Mulan entry I want to write sometime soon. :d AND ALL THE DISNEY FANS WILL LYNCH ME, it will be exxxxcellent. xDD )
For those of you not in the know (and the idea that people who are not in the know could still exist slightly baffles me), in the movie's balcony scene, Aladdin supposedly says, "Good teenagers, take off your clothes." And despite the fact that this is the most muffled line in cinema history (I have watched this movie many, many, many, many times and, in my opinion, you would have to turn the volume up unecessarily loud in order to make out anything he says at this point), people who believe this is what he says ADAMANTLY BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS. "Turn it up!" said my guest today, "It's there!" Fun fact? It's not there anymore. These adamant believers caused so much ridiculous controversy that Disney removed the line from the DVD. Way to fuel the rumours, Disney. :P
So yes, as you can guess, I don't believe Aladdin says anything of the sort, and I am SICK TO DEATH OF BEING TOLD THAT HE DOES.
Here is where this entry breaks off into its three alternate endings:
1) All this talk of supposed Disney perviness always reminds me of the one web page I saw way back when that set out to prove that the word "sex" appears in the flames of Frollo's fireplace during the Hunchback of Notre Dame song "Hellfire." Oh goodness I wish more people had latched onto this one, because I find ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS the idea that someone would get all worked up about the word supposedly for a split second kinda sorta maybe appearing onscreen but would completely ignore the content of the song that's playing over it. Because what is that song about? I mean, let's be honest here. xD
2) There is a line in the film in which Aladdin supposedly instructs "all good teenagers, take off your clothes." This caused a great number of press releases and angry letters from concerned parents who were apparently unaware that teenagers do this kind of thing anyway.
Oh, Disney Lies. You continue to be my favourite source for Disney misinformation. <3
3) One of the reasons I am so sick to death of hearing about the sexual messages supposedly hidden in Disney films is because of that essay I wrote in second year. Almost every time I told someone I was writing an essay about gender in Disney animation, they would bust out with the Aladdin line, or the Lion King dust, and one of my co-workers got angry at me when I brushed her comments off, claiming that a film professor had told her of these things and so they must be true. Let me tell you, sweetheart, I have read more than my fair share of academic writing about Disney, and it is the rare professor who actually knows what they are talking about with regards to this stuff. I have in my possession a scholarly and published article that spells "Disney World" as "Disneyworld" the entire. way. through. If they can't get the name of a theme park right, I find it hard to believe they wouldn't just blindly accept that Aladdin is a child-corrupting sort of guy.
Another of the reasons I am so sick to death of hearing about this stuff is because if you want to talk about the "dark side of Disney" or whatever, this is not it. Disney is a HUGE company that has been around for a good eighty years. They have done many things, both obvious and not-so-obvious, both current and buried by time, that could be considered much worse - and that I consider much more interesting - than Aladdin's supposed line.
But ... that is kind of part of why I love Disney, to be honest. <3 If you dig a little deeper than my guests seem to do, you can find some absolutely fascinating stuff.
(AW MAN this reminds me of that ginormous Mulan entry I want to write sometime soon. :d AND ALL THE DISNEY FANS WILL LYNCH ME, it will be exxxxcellent. xDD )
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That aside, yeah. The thing people don't seem to realise about people who work jobs where they serve hundreds of people a day is that anything you can tell me, I have heard already
unless it is about 12 million bees being let loose on the highway. >.<(Also, the other day at work someone tried to attract my attention when I wasn't looking at them by calling me sweetheart. Let me tell you, if you want my attention, this is really not the way to go about getting it.)
(I would read it!)
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It's ... so true. :X
On the customers_suck LJ, I read about this one cashier who had a rolodex next to her till with numbers on the cards, and every time a customer said something she was tired of hearing, in response, she would flip the card to the next number. xD; hahaha I WANT ONE.
I mean I don't mind answering the same questions over and over, but yeah. I am pretty tired of people being all "I PRINTED IT MYSELF hurhurhur" and thinking they are clever. =_=;
Also omg I would so prefer "sweetheart" to some of the attention-getting ideas my guests have come up with. One guest whistled at me as if I was a dog (I ignored him until he decided a better approach might be to use his voice), one guest shouted "HEY! HEY!" from behind box office and got annoyed because I didn't realize he was talking to me, and one guest came up and poked me in the arm. ;_; ;_; ;_; With that one, I expected to turn and see one of my friends. Nope, it was some guy I had never seen before in my life, happily invading my personal space. ;_; ;_; ;_;
But then there are the people who stand silently behind box office during a rush and somehow expect us to psychically realize their presence and turn around and help them. AUGH WHY IS LIFE SO HARD FOR THESE PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT?????
ahahaha okay that was really long. You're welcome. xD;
(I would read it!)
That makes one!! xD