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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Katy Oldham)
Wed Oct 4 07:27:20 1995
Date: 4 Oct 1995 04:25:25 -0700
From: "Katy Oldham" <Katy_Oldham@mesaqm.sps.mot.com>
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Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:33:49 -0700
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
Subject: HUMOR?: Disney Peddles Subliminal Sex?
From: "Jim Pellmann" <jgp@Rational.COM>
- --- Forwarded mail
Rightist Group Attacks `Lion King'
Washington
America's Christian right has stumbled across evidence that Walt Disney's "The
Lion King," the spectacularly successful children's movie, has become an
instrument in the hands of a sinister media cabal conspiring to undermine the
country's sexual morals.
The American Life League, which claims to be the biggest anti-abortion group
in the country, has called for "The Lion King" to be removed from video shops
after the discovery that a brief scene in the film carries the subliminal
message "SEX."
A lady from Carthage, N.Y., phoned the League to say that her 4-year-old son
had noticed that three-quarters of the way through the film -- after Simba,
the hero, plops to the ground -- a cloud of dust rises to the left of the
cartoon lion's head forming successively the letters S, E and X.
Tracey Casale of the League said from the organization's headquarters in
Stafford, Va., this was not the first time a Disney film had subtly sought to
corrupt America's children. "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid" had also caused
gross offense.
"We received a fax back in March from one of our supporters who noticed that
during a scene in `Aladdin' when a prince calls out to a princess on a balcony
a voice can be heard whispering `good teenagers take off your clothes.'
"Then in `The Little Mermaid,' during a wedding scene at the end of the movie,
the bride and groom are walking towards the minister officiating at the
wedding -- actually he's dressed more like a bishop or a cardinal.
"When you get to the minister the camera takes a side-profile shot, he turns
and you can see that he has become very sexually aroused. It's very visible.
You can't miss it."
Casale said the American Life League was first turned on to Disney's
iniquities in April this year when the movie "Priest" first appeared on
American screens.
"It was then that we decided to spearhead a boycott of the Disney company and
start a letter-writing campaign which continues to this day.
"You see, `Priest' was really, basically, very, very connected to our mission
because the movie is an attack on the Roman Catholic Church and the priesthood
and God. We made this our cause because the Catholic Church is the largest
voice for unborn babies in the world."
That initial focus on Disney, Casale said, led to the uncovering of the whole
can of worms.
"It led our supporters -- we have 300,000 nationwide -- to look much more
closely at Disney products. Having seen what's in `The Lion King,' `Aladdin'
and `The Lit tle Mermaid,' it makes you wonder what's in all the other
movies."
As to the question why on earth should Disney be doing this, Casale
acknowledged it was a tough one to answer.
"We have communicated our concerns to Disney, but they have not responded, so
we cannot say. But whether it's a joke on the part of the animators or
playfulness, the fact is that it is blatantly crude and should not be there.
"Especially when Disney claims to be about wholesome family entertainment."
- ---End of forwarded mail
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