I hold the changes to " Be Prepared " personally .
🚨 Spoilers for a variety ofDisney movies. 🚨
The release of anew live-action Disney moviecan mean only one thing: a new wave of discourse over whether the changes and additions from the originals are welcome or if they are actually…kind of terrible.
No judgment here! Here are some of the biggest changes made in recentDisneylive-action history:
1.In the 2023Little Mermaid, lyrics have been changed in “Poor Unfortunate Souls” and “Kiss the Girl.” In particular, the moments where Ursula tries to convince Ariel that she will be fine without her voice because landmen prefer women “not to say a word” are gone.
2.In the 2019 version ofAladdin, the opening is changed from a peddler talking about a legend to the Genie telling the story ofAladdinyears later to his two children. The lyrics to “Arabian Nights” are also changed, but it’s not the first time the song received an update from its original theatrical version.
3.Also in the live-actionAladdin, the Genie has a love interest: Jasmine’s handmaid, named Dalia.
4.In addition, Jasmine wants to be the Sultan throughout the 2019 movie, which she succeeds in doing by the story’s end.
5.The 2020 version ofMulanis one of the most radically different remakes, starting with the fact that the live-action version isn’t a musical.
6.Li Shang is split into two different characters in the remake: Chen Honghui and Commander Tung.
7.Oh yeah, and the 2020 version of Mulan is able to harness the mystical energy of chi — which only warrior men are supposed to have in this universe.
8.The 2015 version ofCinderellaalso isn’t a musical. Prince Charming has a name here: Kit.
9.Kit and Cinderella first meet in the woods rather than at the ball.
10.Theanimalsdon’t talk in the 2019 version ofDumbo.It’s also not a musical.
11.The animated crows, which have been criticized for being a racist caricature, werecut.
12.Dumbodoesn’t get drunkand see pink elephants in the live-action version. Instead, he sees high-tech balloons.
13.Scar meets the hyenas onscreen in the 2019 remake ofThe Lion King.Two of the new hyenas are men.
14.Sarabi is also said to have rejected Scar in the 2019 version, and it’s implied that Mufasa was the one who gave him his Scar.
15.Pinocchio doesn’t become a real boy at the end of the 2022 movie. His nose also only grows once.
16.In the 2017Beauty and the Beast, Belle is made to be an inventor.
17.There is also a backstory given to Belle’s mother, leading Belle to travel back in space and reflect on a plague-striken Paris.
18.And finally, LeFou is gay in the 2017Beauty and the Beast, but this is only shown in one brief moment at the end when the sidekick dances with another man.
