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ypsm t1_j22lgzb wrote

Reply to comment by Klin24 in TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower

Etc. I sometimes tell my friends that if Disney ever made Romeo & Juliet, they’d make the title characters live happily ever after.

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Matter_Infinite t1_j244vqd wrote

>I sometimes tell my friends that if Disney ever made Romeo & Juliet, they’d make the title characters live happily ever after.

Not sure if you're setting people up to explain this, but

they did: The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride was based on R&J to keep with the Shakespeare theme since Lion King 1 was based on Hamlet.

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ypsm t1_j24hpon wrote

No, I honestly didn’t know that, so thanks for the explanation! (I haven’t watched the straight-to-video sequels, though I hear Lion King 2 is pretty good.)

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Matter_Infinite t1_j296u5c wrote

You should keep telling that to your friends. If they disagree, you can clobber them with truth (hopefully in front of other good friends).

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original_ninjapigeon t1_j25eprw wrote

Man, just to add to the tragic childhood stories- how many of you know the original Peter Pan where Tinkerbell actually dies? there's a scene where they expected the audience to applaud to help her resurrect. Applaud. Tinker bell's. Death.

and some kids shows are considered harsh these days?

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WeirdLadyAlert t1_j26kx0m wrote

Ooohhhhhhh!!! I see it now!

And The Lion King 2 is so good. When Kovu gets banished and they start singing "deception, disgrace..." it hits me right in the feels.

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Matter_Infinite t1_j297s6w wrote

Every Disney movie since Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast has at least one song that gets me. I haven't seen any Disney movies older than those two.

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KagomeChan t1_j2846uu wrote

That was what came to my mind.

I do love that movie, though… Soundtrack is dope.

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