It's the story of life (song)
Aaaah! It's a girl !
Simone watching
Dad or Mom,
You also read your sacrosanct story to the children every night.
And sometimes, paf! This is the drama!
In the middle of an innocent text, A huge sexist cliché!
And then you end up lamentably mumbling
To try to jump the obstacle Without losing its meaning to history.
Aaaah! I hate having to do that!
At this game there is a book which deserves to unhook the pompon from treason,
This is The Lion King!
What? How dare he criticize the Lion King,
This film that marked an entire generation?
Calmos amigos!
It is not the Lion King that you cherish Which I will discuss today,
But the book The Lion King, From the "Mickey's Club" collection,
Books found in The rooms of thousands of children.
Why this book? Because it seems that the editor or translator,
Decided to betray the original work By adding small macho touches
Which literally spoil the text.
Here are the 3 sexist additions In the book The Lion King.
You'll see, the second is well gratined!
Number 1 - the elephant cemetery
The first wart appears During the meeting with the hyenas,
In the elephant cemetery.
In the movie, Driven by the Hyenas,
The two lions fall From the top of an elephant carcass
And, at the moment when they rise, Without moving from their point of fall,
The hyenas arrive and then Simba pushes his pretty little meow,
Miaouuu!!!
And then, Mouffassa disembarks pushing his big roar like MGM' studios.
Graaaaou!
In the book, this hectic pursuit race
Is replaced by the following sentence:
"You do not scare me big brutes! Said Simba, with a bravado. (reading)
He stands in front of Nala to make him a Bulwark of his body. "(Read)
What ??? A rampart of his body?
But it does not happen at all in the movie,
It is a pure invention and, in addition, it is Not at all exaggerated as wording.
Arrived at Disney for the briefing, They leave me:
There are two lion cubs, a boy and a girl.
They are pursued by hyenas, Suddenly they are afraid and try to escape.
I said, But it's just that!
What is this rotten scenario? The girl she's afraid, okay,
But the guy is a boy, So he snatches his shirt and he runs into the heap, what!
No, but that's not it!
Besides, I also turned the stage with the father, When he tells his son that he is afraid.
No, but hey! Moufassa, is he a fellow or what?
In short, it is not brilliant but, alas, The drama does not end there.
Number 2 - Reunion in the Jungle
You remember that in the film, Simba and Nala fight when they are children,
On arriving at the elephant cemetery, And that Nala takes the lead and wins.
As adults, They fight again in the jungle
And, once again, Nala wins.
And it's like that That Simba recognizes it:
"Nala? Nala is you?"
It's just an essential scene on which
The animators insist very heavily.
Yet it seems that the editor did not Never seen the film because,
When they are adults, He summarizes this scene of brawl
To this sentence, Hang on:
"Ready to start the fight with the lioness,
He hears a voice that he knows well:
Simba is you! It's impossible !
0: 03: 05390.0: 03: 07,150 It's Nala, her childhood friend.
It has become almost as large And as strong as he! "
What ?????
But in the film, It dominates it every time they fight,
And there, in the book, They zap the scene of brawl
And they decide that it is fair "Almost as strong as him"?
So less strong what!
But it's anything !!!
No, but I swear what! They tell me Girl she is stronger than the boy.
No but kind, Bodybuildée like Rambo, what?
I said to myself: But it's too credible.
Ok, the lions who speak, to the limit,
But the girl be stronger That the boy,
But it is too abused!
Let them scrap the fight, okay.
But why add this "almost as strong as him"?
"Almost as strong as him"?
It's such a free phrase And which rests on nothing,
That at each reading I need, afterwards, To sing Hakuna Matata
To calm my nerves ...
Hakuna Matata (Song)
Number 3 - The King's Choice
And to finish in beauty, We are entitled to the accelerated end
Where Simba, become king,
Must end in couple, To be able to have a baby on the final image.
And I quote the text:
"Now that all danger is removed,
It's time for the new king To find a queen.
And Simba knows very well who he will choose for women...
The courageous and faithful Nala."
I put an end to the oppression, I conquered the foul Scar,
I have freed you from its tyrannical yoke
To give you freedom,
Equality,
Brotherhood,
In an eternal cycle ... (sings)
What is Zazou?
Choose a woman?
Are there any volunteers?
No, I do not care, It is you I choose! "
In the film, this scene does not take place Because they are already in couple
And it is even Nala Who comes to Simba.
But in the book, finished the love story Reciprocal built in the line of the adventure,
Let's summarize all this to the unilateral choice Of the male hero
In "sausage fair" style!
The worst is that we find This kind of late gratin
In all a flop Of youth literature
Of which I would not fail to speak to you In future episodes.
Some will find that I am very severe
And that these are in the end only innocent little phrases in a very sympathetic book.
But our children are real sponges.
And the books we read help them understand the world in which they live,
The relationship between people and the role They themselves will be able to play.
And these books, we do not read them just once,
no no no!
Our kids love rehearsals,
We read them 10 times,
20 times,
100 times.
And after so many readings, Children?
What will my son understand?
What impact on her confidence in her for my daughter?
My opinion is therefore clear: Do not read this book to your children
Or else, do as I do, Do not respect the text
Or even better, bend on other editions more respectful of the film.
If you too, some youth books Are leaping by their sexism at each reading,
Do not hesitate to tell us about it in comment!
If the fact that Simba is stronger than Nala did not cause you to do cardiac arrest,
Put a little thumb in the air
And subscribe to the chain so as not to miss my next nerve attacks.
We find ourselves very quickly under the illuminating glance of our good friend Simone
And by then, Choose your readings well!
It's the Nala's story, oh oh (sings)
The only female character,
Which has been made less strong,
Because it does not disguise,
She's just a girl
The Nala's story,
The only female character,
Which has been made less strong,
Because yes,
it's a girl !
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