Lion King
The whole family -- the Wifeösphere, Der Drübermensch, and the Maharincess, and I -- watched The Lion King last night. The musical numbers seem unmotivated and pasted in, but that's my only complaint against it. Otherwise, I gotta ask how it was able to affect me so much.
There's one word that expresses the movie's attitude: piety. I don't get that very often from a movie, and when I do, I'm very grateful.
Let's do a bit of marketing analysis. You've got a niche; call it the Pious Plebes in Peoria niche. It's underserved. What do you do when you find an underserved niche? You serve it, and rake in the bucks, just like The Lion King did.
Hmmm. Why don't more pious movies get made? Hmmmm. Why can't the people in Hollywood seem to make pious movies? Hmmmm. I'm stumped.
So, this morning, Der Drübermensch asked me, "will I be king some day?"
My son, look at this website. Everything you see in it, the blog, the lame-o parodies, the weirdly paranoid anti-UN screed: someday, the whole domain will be yours. Yes, my son. You will be a king.
Umie the Umlaut says, "ask your doctor about the Fredösphere!"
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Yeah well many of today's greatest films were actually written by the great masters! (cue 1970's TV commercial).
According to CliffNotes(r)(tm)(c)(fu)
"You Can Enjoy Shakespeare:
From Soliloquy to Spectacle, the Dramatist Delivers "
By L. H. Martin
Do you think that nothing short of a lobotomy can help you to appreciate Shakespeare's plays? Take another look.
I Knew Him Well -- And Didn't Even Know It
Shakespeare in Love has sparked new interest in the bard, but we've been seeing Shakespeare on the big screen for years. You may be aware that West Side Story is the tale of Romeo and Juliet, or that Kiss Me, Kate is woven around The Taming of the Shrew. But did you know that The Lion King is a reconstructed version of Hamlet? Or that A Thousand Acres -- the Jane Smiley novel and 1997 film -- is an updated King Lear? Or that the recent teen flick 10 Things I Hate about You is also The Taming of the Shrew? Or that the upcoming college basketball film O is based on Othello?
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/litnotes/shakespeare.html
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