by Biomac » January 1st, 2020, 3:46 am
[quote="Elton John"][quote="Biomac"]She definitely is. It would've been nicer, in my opinion, if she served another purpose than being Simba's love interest. But that's Disney after all, so we should expect such lazy writing when it comes to female characters. I always believed that the fact that the Broadway show giving her an additional scene with Scar, a more thought out and concrete motivation as for why she leaves the Pride Lands, is a response to the original movie, a way of saying she deserves better treatment and actual development.[/quote]
????????
that additional scene and more thought out motivation was from a cut idea from the original movie that was partially animated and even got voice acted
it was cut because at best it was sexual harassment, at worst... well, you know, the r word.
no way they could get away with that in a G rated movie.[/quote]
Well, maybe I mixed things up since I haven't seen the Broadway performance. However, I at least know that the song Shadowlands refers to Nala leaving the Pride Lands, so that's an improvement compared to the movie, which didn't explain why she left her home. Now because this is Disney, then I guess you're right they wouldn't include any sexual harassment, but like some already pointed out, Nala is a pivotal character, and she lacks development, in fact, and serves as nothing much more than Simba's love interest. Just some explanation and a short scene would've done the job. I don't see where your confusion comes from...
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Biomac on January 1st, 2020, 3:04 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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