![]() What is a stampede? Well, it must be that oncoming rush of wild beasts that tramples poor Mufasa to death. How is he killed? By being pushed off a cliff into a stampede. Spoiler alert, Simba”s dad Mufasa is killed by his own brother, Scar. ![]() During the musical number entitled “Can You Feel The Love Tonight?”, Simba and Nala”s friendship turns romantic in a night of tender nuzzling, licking, and stroking that provided me with two thirds of my sex education. “The Circle of Life” teaches kids that we are all born and then we all die, and then more people/creatures are born and then they die too and that somehow this is a good and beautiful thing.īaby Lion King Simba has a little girl pal named Nala who he”s always hanging out with, but as they grow up and Simba becomes King, these two fall in love. Really, we shouldn”t be surprised that there”s a violent and tragic death in this film, because if we were paying attention they basically tell us right up front in the opening song “Circle of Life”, by Elton John. Without further adieu, in honor of its twenty-first anniversary, here are five important lessons a child learns from “The Lion King”: And hey, I”m not complaining, I love dark and complicated undertones, it”s just that as a sheltered and sensitive child I found the content of this film a lot to take in. I don”t know if it”s the fact that Scar kills his own brother by pushing him off a cliff into a deadly stampede, or the constant threat of desperate, flesh eating hyenas with cruel intentions, but something about this movie chills me to my very soul.ĭon”t get me wrong, it”s a beautiful and life-affirming spectacle, it just has some very dark and complicated undertones. ![]() When I finally did, on VHS in the safety of my own home, I found that it was indeed a frightening film, and to be totally honest I hold that opinion to this day. I was four years old and distinctly remember being too scared to see it. In 1994 on this day, Disney”s “The Lion King” was released in theaters.
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