Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Disney was WAY off.

Aladdin & Robin Hood.

Originally, Aladdin lived with his mother, not by himself. The mother sucks up to the king with gifts, not "the geenie throws a big town party," plus a male geenie is a djin. The princess never has any prior meetings with Aladdin & marries the Vizir's son, not the "Vizir tries to marry her to be king." Also, it was Aladdin's african uncle wo tried to use him to get the lamp, not the Vizir. Lastly, Aladdin stole the princess from her bridal bed & claimed her for himself...real romantic.

Disney's Robin Hode is a far cry from any version of Robin Hood I've ever read. Firstly, in the old Robyn Hoode ballads & books, here was NO MAID MARRIAN. She was created a good 300 years latter to make Robyn look less gay by order of the church. She was inspired by the May Queen & the virgin Mary. In the versions that DO have Marrian, she's usually a tomboy who joins the Merry Men in drag.

In some " ye olde" versions, I feel that Robyn seems to respect the Sherrif. It's really gay how he likes to tease him. Where the hell is Sir Guy of Gisborne? He's an important enemy! & where did Prince John come from?

Most books told about Robyn's death. Some say Little John was there, some say a nun related to the late sherrif poisoned him when he came to the church in grief, & older versions simply state that he commited suicide in the church shortly after disbanding his men for hanging the sherrif (even gayer still. Would have made a great homosexual Romeo & Juliet with an Eroica Yori Ai wo Komette twist).

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