Julie Taymor was born December 15‚ 1952‚ in Newton‚ Massachusetts. She is an American director of theater‚ opera‚ and film. She is best known for directing the stage musical The Lion King in 1997. Taymor became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing the musical‚ in addition to a Tony Award for Original Costume Design (“PBS‚” n.d.). She always had a passion for theater. When she was younger‚ she created backyard performances for her family and friends‚ that led her to play Cinderella
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Talia Szatkowski English 101 29 August 2014 Simba Simba‚ a lion prince born in Africa to King Mufasa‚ is welcomed into the Pride Lands by almost all of the animals. Scar‚ Simba’s jealous uncle‚ refuses to attend the birthday ceremony because with Simba’s birth‚ he no longer is next in line to be King. While Simba grows into a high-spirited lion cub who often boasts about the fact that he “just can’t wait to be king” Scar secretly plots against him. He uses the hyenas to cause a stampede through
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morning ladies and Gentlemen. Do our surroundings and the people in our lives shape our identity? I will explore how this quotation is reflected in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the film ‘Witness’‚ by Peter Weir‚ and the film ‘The Lion King’ by Roger Allers. The meaning of identity is not easily defined. Identity generally refers to the stable defining characteristics of a person that makes them an individual. I will explore a number of parallel themes evident in all three texts;
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fortunate by using certain mascots such as a giant purple dinosaur to appeal to their childish behavior while teaching them lessons they will use all of their life. Once these lessons are fully comprehended by the kids villains‚ such as Scar from The Lion king and Plankton from SpongeBob‚ specifically geared toward children were introduced to expose children to character traits that opposed the very morals that were taught to them. These villains were usually inherently evil usually having no reason to
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Sean Drew Mr.Bauman English 10 12th October 2012 All Choices have Consequences In my life there have been many times when my parents have told me to not do things but as a child when they tell you that it just makes you want to do it more. I have learned over my fifteen years of life that when you are told something it is for a good reason. I was reminded of what my parents told me by a younger family member but since they were younger I saw no reason to give them any of my attention. This
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It can be argued that culture provides the foundation for persuasive forms of learning for young children. For proof‚ one doesn’t have to look any further than down the aisle of the children’s section of their local video store. What you will find are numerous animated titles‚ many of them Disney films. Most people unconditionally accept that these movies are good for children‚ that they promote stimulation of the imagination‚ and contain them in an aura of innocence. The relevance of these films
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When you hear this quote‚ “Daddy I’m sixteen years old‚ I’m not a child anymore!” it sounds like a bratty‚ selfish‚ disobedient little princess. That is probably due to the fact that is exactly who said it. This is a quote from the beloved Disney classic‚ The Little Mermaid (Clements). It is no mystery that Disney is responsible for some bad morals of today’s youth. The question is how? With so many great lessons in the original content and many others wasted on the antagonist‚ they somehow ended
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Hakuna Matata‚ what a wonderful phrase. It means no worries for the rest of your days. As in no worries defining an epic is easy right? Wrong. An epic encompasses such a small amount of today’s literature and modern day film. The Lion King starring Matthew Broderick is one of the most popular movies throughout the world and is most definitely an epic film. Defined by thescriptlab.com‚ an epic film is a genre that takes historical people and events and interprets them on a larger scale. An epic film
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A great poet once said “We grew up cheering for the underdog because we see ourselves in them” (Shane Koyczan To This Day). When you think of a hero what do you think of ? Is it a guy in a cape‚ or a mom who works three jobs to support her struggling family? When you read that comic book where hero starts as a regular person. Who is just like everyone that no one believes. Everyone was once an underdog even that hero. You kept your faith in someone or something no one else did. And by the end of
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the public for many generations. The heroine characters in Disney movies are all different in their own ways‚ and there is no cookie-cutter heroine for every movie. The difference in female characters is seen in the Disney movies Snow White‚ The Lion King‚ and Mulan. When comparing the three main female heroines in these movies--Snow White‚ Nala‚ and Mulan--one can see that these heroines contrast starkly with each other in terms of their courage and bravery‚ yet are similar in that they all need
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