Oldian Scar: Oedipus Wrecks The Lyin 'King'

Literature review.
The article, "young hero Simba defeats old villain Scar: Oedipus wrecks the lyin' king" was written by Lauren Dundes and Alan Dundes. The article was published in the year 2006. Lauren Dundes is the daughter of Alan Dundes. Alan Dundes was a popular award-winning University of California, professor of anthropology and folklore who gained an international reputation for his Freudian deconstruction of everything from fairy tales to football to the book of Genesis. Alan Dundes Unfortunately passed away on the 31st of March, 2005.

In this paper, I will be providing comments about chosen aspects, outlining and critically accessing the main themes and ideas of the article, voicing out my opinions on the article while presenting

my arguments with the use of evidence and examples to back them up.

Introduction.
This article was very amusing to read, seeing as it is about the lion king, which is a film that can be interpreted in many different ways. Film as progressively replaced literature as the shared fantasy material of the world's population, and it is expected that the vast energies formerly committed to literary criticism will be averted into film criticism. The large sum of interpretations of any film can establish a symbol of the film's ability to inspire a variety of responses among viewers. In this article, the authors illustrated such varieties by considering most of the published reactions to Disney's popular animated film The Lion King.

Previous studies of Disney animated films such as The Lion King focuses on its complimentary representation of a patriarchal society in which a sector of residents, that being the hyenas, are marginalized. However, this analysis disdain oedipal themes and the respectful portrayal of parents that could be key to the film's great popularity. The Lion King is centered around a male lion cub, Simba, who comes to establish and fulfill his expected roles as the Lion King, after the murder of his father, Mufasa. Many critics of this film have proposed that it is sexist, classist, and or racist. Racism is what stood out the most to me has many critics had different ways of interpreting the film from a racial point of view