Fresh stories revamping the magic of the One Thousand and One Nights, addressing contemporary realities, or putting a twist on the tales already exist. [ALADDIN] But the prototype for the Disney villain was Ja’far al-Barmaki, the Persian vizier to Caliph Harun al-Rashid. Will Smith plays a genie who yearns for freedom. The boy who realized he didn’t need the lamp when he could just accept himself faded, until only the “diamond in the rough,” the hero destined to become a prince, remained. Shining, shimmering, splendid For too long, One Thousand and One Nights has been reimagined by white men or corporate giants. In his 1992 review of Aladdin, Jack Shaheen noted in the Los Angeles Times that Agrabah was an artificial city filled with Hollywood stereotypes like “hideous guards” and “harem maidens”, and later wrote in Cinéaste how Jasmine and Aladdin had Americanized features and spoke with accents much different from the rest of the heavily racialized animated cast. I can't go back to where I used to be But the world of Aladdin, the storytelling behind it, and the rich tradition of orally passing down tales across generations in Southwest Asia are not fictional — they’re real. Aladdin lived in China in the original version, an emblem of the Silk Road and the transnational connectivity of the East. Farooqi has since translated a handful of Nabi Baksh Khan Baloch’s folktales from Sindh, which were collected from oral records of villagers and possibly trace back to the Indus Valley Civilization. A whole new world (Every turn a surprise) Despite these obvious shortcomings, Ashman’s story resonated with the source material and conceived brown characters on a broad moral spectrum. I've come so far Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling My final wish? Almost everything you think you know about Aladdin is wrong. The One Thousand and One Nights also has parallel roots in ancient India and medieval Persia. Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). Co-director John Musker jumbled the letters of the ancient city into a half-hearted almost-anagram, and Agrabah — the caricatured city in which the modern Aladdin, including the 2019 remake, is set — was born. That's where we'll be [JASMINE] There's time to spare Every turn a surprise Aladdin uses his wishes to pay a year’s rent in advance and to give Maman a lavish house, promising her he’ll become a better person in “Proud of Your Boy,” which was cut in the final film but brought back in the Broadway musical. This is just a preview! The king in the story rules a Muslim kingdom and the princess is called Badr al-Budur (“moon of moons” in Arabic), details that possibly speak to medieval Muslim settlements in China, the Mongol Empire’s eventual adoption of Islam, and the access Middle Eastern merchants had to China through the Silk Road. [ALADDIN, JASMINE] . For you and me. These raconteurs, most of whom hailed from Yemen, blended legend and history in an effort to shape an Arab identity at the inception of an expanding, united empire made of formerly scattered tribes that did not bow down to kings. When the U.S. launched a military offensive in Kuwait to oust Iraqi troops at the climax of the Gulf War, Roy Disney ordered the animators to replace Baghdad as the setting of Aladdin. I saw it as a magical setting that summoned aesthetics and concepts familiar to me in my own culture, even if I frowned at the way characters pronounced “Allah,” or raised my eyebrows at Aladdin and Jasmine’s lack of connection to the land in which they lived or to the people around them. Kickstart your weekend reading by getting the week’s best Longreads delivered to your inbox every Friday afternoon. No one to tell us no “Centuries old and unbending. It focuses on the women of the Nights in all their witty, complex glory, and presents them as the narrators of their own stories to the reader and to other characters. Understanding not just the original Aladdin, but the wider context in which it may have been told, would allow future screen adaptations to stay loyal to the cultures in which it originated and avoid orientalized characters or supernatural creatures. In the age of Disney live-action remakes, Aladdin has shattered the box office and proven the commercial viability of the genre. Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963, Lyricapsule: The Byrds Drop ‘Mr. . Jafar has a lisp written into his lines, dark skin, and a crooked nose, and the Sultan is the prodigal stereotype of an ineffectual Eastern ruler who possesses a vast amount of wealth but can’t govern. She forestalls her death by telling him a new story each night, which she leaves hanging on a note of suspense. The sultan allows her to live to finish the tale. Other One Thousand and One Nights stories from the original, authoritative text, like “The Hunchback’s Tale” and “Qamar al-Zaman,” also take place in China. Un Mundo Ideal (Versión Créditos) by ZAYN & Becky G. A Whole New World - From “Aladdin” by Darren Espanto (Ft. Morissette), A Whole New World by Leroy Sanchez & Jessica Sanchez, Disney Medley by Rachel Talbott (Ft. Zak Lloyd), A Whole New World versi Arab Full Qolqolah by 3way Asiska (Ft. Raissarifah & Salman Syamlan), A Whole New World by Matthew Morrison (Ft. Shoshana Bean), A Whole New World by Tony Roberts & Charlotte Awbery, A Whole New World (Acoustic) by Emma Heesters, A Whole New World by Disney Peaceful Piano, Um Mundo Ideal by Walt Disney Records (Ft. Joseph Carasso Jr. & Kika Tristão), One Jump Ahead (Reprise) [Soundtrack Version], Prince Ali (Reprise) [Soundtrack Version]. Shining, shimmering, splendid At the time, I didn’t know that the man responsible for Disney’s transformation from a studio at the brink of bankruptcy to a dominant producer of films that defined my childhood was Howard Ashman, a Broadway lyricist who reinvented the Disney film as a musical and chose theater talent for voice actors. What would they look like as an HBO or Netflix series, or as a period piece that casts actors of color? I can show you the world [ALADDIN] I can show you the world Shining, shimmering, splendid Tell me, Princess Now when did you last let your heart decide? Genie is dark-skinned, not blue, likened to “the strutting bandleader. I grew up on Disney films. I wasn’t the only one. The filmmakers created a near-identical copy of the animated film with tweaks that, in the words of producer Dan Lin, proved Disney “could create a movie that was both diverse and inclusive” as well as “wildly commercial.” Arabic interjections like yalla are casually heard in the background; the Genie seems to riff his dance moves off of Bollywood choreography; elaborate costumes echo elements from South Asian, Kurdish, and Turkish clothing; and the controversial lyrics of the opening song, “Arabian Nights,” shift from “barbaric” (in the 1992 version) to “chaotic.”. Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling These storytellers added a dash of cosmopolitanism to the caliphate and provided entertainment at court. Or say we're only dreaming If I had three wishes granted to me by a genie slithering out of a cerulean glass bottle, I’d first wish for the One Thousand and One Nights to re-enter pop culture with intelligent, meaningful screen adaptations true to the spirit of the original stories. (Other historical sources suggest the caliph felt threatened by the increasing power of the Barmaki family. Let me share this whole new world with you A whole new world Over, sideways and under As a child, I unquestionably accepted the fantasy otherworld of Aladdin. As Jack Shaheen argued, events like the Arab oil embargo (1973) and the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981) “brought the Middle East into the living rooms of Americans” alongside the stereotypes that would fuel Hollywood’s depiction of the region for decades to come. She told me about a hidden princess who rode her horse on an enchanted path to find her long-lost brothers. The stories of the One Thousand and One Nights, once mainstream in the East but now threatened with cultural globalization, are receding underground like an ever-more-elusive Cave of Wonders. Three sisters run a business together and refuse to marry after being traumatized by men, but must reckon with their past when Harun al-Rashid, dressed as a commoner, stumbles upon their home. For too long, One Thousand and One Nights has been reimagined by white men or corporate giants. Antun Yusuf Hanna Diyab had apprenticed with French merchants and knew French, Italian, and Provençal. There are racialized touches everywhere, but the original treatment still attempts to humanize an oft-vilified region through the shared joy of humor and music. The Panchatantra, a Sanskrit book of fables and animal stories, is an early forerunner to the Nights. A whole new world When the U.S. launched a military offensive in Kuwait to oust Iraqi troops at the climax of the Gulf War, Roy Disney ordered the animators to replace Baghdad as the setting of Aladdin.

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