It is astonishing how a seemingly educated woman who has won Oscars for her documentaries, could be so far from reality in her review of the Disney film 'The Lion King'. Lion King. ". Margaret Lazarus took a film made for children's entertainment and turned it into something racist, sexist, and stereotypical about gender roles. She uses many personal arguments to criticize the film but offers few solutions. The author is well organized but lacks alternative points of view and does not use adequate sources. Lazarus uses the statement at the end of his article that "Disney magic fascinated its children, but they and millions of other children received hidden messages that could only harm them and us" (118). She makes her point by saying that “Disney magic reinforces and reproduces bigoted and stereotypical views about minorities and women in our society” (Lazarus 117). She makes comparisons such as elephant graveyards being like ghettos (Lazarus 118). Other reasonings Lazarus gives us concern Whoopie Goldberg using inner-city dialect, the villain Scar being gay, and only those born into privilege can bring about change (118). Lazarus first begins his analysis, informing us that the hyenas lived in a dark and poor elephant cemetery and comparing it to life in a ghetto (118). She doesn't tell us where she acquired her knowledge about how a ghetto is like an elephant graveyard. It was a dark and sinister place, but its comparison to a ghetto has no justification. Actual hyenas are scavengers by nature and don't really hang out with the rest of the animals in the middle of the Pride Lands. Disney, by all accounts, usually has a location in almost every movie that is dark and if...... middle of paper ...... people don't want to see or avoid that movie. Lazarus should have found sources to support his arguments. If in any way the Disney company has wronged Lazarus, perhaps that is why they are making these remarks about the film. People will learn as much as possible about a movie before letting their children watch it, which would be a good idea for Ms. Lazarus. She doesn't give us any insight into her background or knowledge about racism, sexuality, gender roles, or the ghetto to support the point of view she makes about the film. She needs to remember that she is not reviewing a documentary where the facts are important and is just sitting back and enjoying a Disney classic. Works Cited Lazarus, Margaret. “All is not well in the land of the Lion King.” Power of language; language of power. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009. 117-118. Print.