Why Is Pocahontas Not A Real History
Disney’s Pocahontas is supposed to be based off of history, but Disney fails horribly. They had the money and the resources that they needed to invent the film closer to the actual recreation of history. The company’s drive of greed lead them to produce Pocahontas as “reel” history instead of real history. There tends to be only one reason why Pocahontas ended up being created as “reel” history and that is greed. When viewing any film that’s foreseen as portraying history viewers need to be aware of all the inaccuracies, they should also pay attention to how the film is portrayed, and if people like it and why.
In the film Pocahontas, there are numerousness inaccuracies, but there is also some truth. The first inaccuracy of the film is how …show more content…
Disney also incorporates music in their recreation process, such as, when Pocahontas sings Colors of the Wind or Just Around the River Bend. Since the film is recreating what happened Disney animators tried to create the costumes for the characters as accurate as they could. They made Pocahontas a top and skirt that showed just a bit of her midsection out of buffalo skin and gave her a Native tattoo on her arm. On the other hand, they made John Smith wear a helmet, pants, a top with a vest, and boots. It is clear to identify Pocahontas as a Native American and John Smith as a white settler. Another aspect that Disney needed to consider when producing the film was the language. Since Disney went the recreating route when creating the film they should have made the film in the correct languages. Pocahontas and the other Native Americans should have spoken their native language Algonquin instead of English, while the Settlers should have spoken in old English. Instead of making the film in the correct language, Disney decided to make it contemporary of when the film was produced due to the fact that an exceeding amount of people would be able to understand it and subtitles would not be needed. How Disney produces the film in just English shows another way in which it wants to generate money. Poor, Pocahontas, she gets atrocious reviews just based on Disney lack of knowledge in history, but what about other aspects of the
In the film Pocahontas, there are numerousness inaccuracies, but there is also some truth. The first inaccuracy of the film is how …show more content…
Disney also incorporates music in their recreation process, such as, when Pocahontas sings Colors of the Wind or Just Around the River Bend. Since the film is recreating what happened Disney animators tried to create the costumes for the characters as accurate as they could. They made Pocahontas a top and skirt that showed just a bit of her midsection out of buffalo skin and gave her a Native tattoo on her arm. On the other hand, they made John Smith wear a helmet, pants, a top with a vest, and boots. It is clear to identify Pocahontas as a Native American and John Smith as a white settler. Another aspect that Disney needed to consider when producing the film was the language. Since Disney went the recreating route when creating the film they should have made the film in the correct languages. Pocahontas and the other Native Americans should have spoken their native language Algonquin instead of English, while the Settlers should have spoken in old English. Instead of making the film in the correct language, Disney decided to make it contemporary of when the film was produced due to the fact that an exceeding amount of people would be able to understand it and subtitles would not be needed. How Disney produces the film in just English shows another way in which it wants to generate money. Poor, Pocahontas, she gets atrocious reviews just based on Disney lack of knowledge in history, but what about other aspects of the