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Hi everybody,

 

        I am a student at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois,

and am currently enrolled in a media criticism class (part of my

broadcasting major).  I am in the middle of a study dealing with Disney's

The Lion King.  I am doing a semiotic and structural/post-structural

analysis of the film and researching available intertextual discourses.

(any academic articles I can get my hands on!!!)  The real thrust of my

research deals with reader oriented criticism.  After doing my own study

of what signs and symbols are in the film, and finding out what

ideologies other media crit. folk might see being pushed, I intend to

find out what the average person gains through the film. I want to see if

anyone recognizes what the High-Brows say is present in a film except for

other High-Brows

        In my research of The Lion King, I have come across some, well,

just far out opinions on what messages the film contains and sends to

viewers on a number of issues, social, racial, ecological, and more.

The only problem is that not many of the viewers were aware that they

are  receiving such messages--even after I told them so! Sheesh. So, I

began to think, if no

one picks up on the hidden meanings and pushed ideologies, how are the

effectively present?

        Here's where you, my new friends, come in. Please send me any

opinions you have on The Lion King. You loved it, hated it, hate it

because your kids love it, feel it is going to bring our society

crumbling down, feel it should be considered a national treasure, very

academic research, your three-year-old's testimonial, whatever. It will

be most appreciated! Please include some demographic info on yourself.

(If I need to use someone's age, names will be changed to protect the

innocent).

        Sorry I haven't discussed the material I have uncovered, but I

want to keep your opinions objective.  Some key points of discussion I am

looking for deal with the characters Scar, the Hyenas, and Mufasa's death.

I'll leave it pretty open for you. Remember, anything is welcome.

 

                                        Thanks again everybody,

 

                                         Adam Koscielski

                                         (gsaajk1)