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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.arts.disney
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From: snopes@netcom.com (snopes)
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Subject: Re: Disney's Aladdin movie causes child nudity?
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 02:40:04 GMT
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ucisleb@issc.unocal.com (A UL Fan) writes:
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> Has anyone heard this Urban Legend? Some recent reports have parents
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> complaining their children 'undress' when they watch Disney's Aladin movie.
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> After some research it was found there are a few scenes in the movie where a
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> faint wisper can be herard, "Take off your clothes" which may cause the
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> children to 'undress'?
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> Well I took a good look at the movie and found in the scene which
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> Aladin is standing on the magic carpet just below Jasmine's balcony is where
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> the wispers can be heard, "Take off your clothes" and this is when some
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> children take it all off!
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This story has been going around for months. For the uninitiated:
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There is a rumor, apparently still among a very few people, that the
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character in the animated Disney movie slipped a saucy suggestion into a scene
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with Princess Jasmine.
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In the scene, Aladdin, who is dressed as a prince, flies on a magic carpet
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to Jasmine's balcony to win her back after a fight.
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But when he gets there, Jasmine's pet tiger, Rajah, confronts him and backs
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him up onto the railing with some menacing snarls.
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As Jasmine watches, Aladdin tries to shoo the tiger.
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It's pretty hard to hear exactly what goes on next.
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Rajah is growling, Aladdin is mumbling fearfully and the Genie is cutting
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up with some wisecracks.
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But there are some people who believe that in the midst of all that
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confusion, Aladdin whispers to Jasmine: "Take off your clothes."
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Not helping matters is the fact that the Princess Jasmine's eyes get big
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and wide immediately afterward.
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Disney says the whole thing is crazy.
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They've gotten a few media inquiries about the rumor, and they've prepared
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a little statement to explain things.
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"His exact words are: 'Scat! Come on. Good Tiger. Take off and go. Down
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Kitty."
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"Take off and go" may not be inspired dialogue, or even what most of us
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would say when faced with an angry tiger.
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But if you listen just right, it could sound like "take off your
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clothes."
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"On no occasion does Aladdin ever say anything derogatory to Jasmine.
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Disney movies have a long, long tradition of providing the highest quality
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family entertainment," Fulton said.
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Just to test what actual children think, The Gazette asked JoAnne Klein of
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Tempe to put Aladdin in the ol' VCR and play the scene for her two children,
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Matt, 7, and Becky, 6.
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"We've played it about 20 times and we had it at full volume. They think it
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says, 'Take off kitty,' or 'Take off carpet'."
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"I highly doubt it says 'take off your clothes,' and the kids certainly
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didn't get that out of it," she said.
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No one seems too sure where this rumor came from, and it's hard to say how
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things like this get started.
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Gary Alan Fine, a professor at the University of Georgia, tracks what he
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calls "contemporary legends."
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"Someone who believes Hollywood studios are trying to trick the public
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would be more likely to believe this," Fine said.
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He has not yet heard this legend, making him believe it is just starting or
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isn't good enough or funny enough for people to repeat to others.
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Even if the rumor were true, do you have to worry about your kids
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subliminally picking it up and developing a fondness for running around in the
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buff?
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Elaine Katzman, a Phoenix counselor and sex educator, says no.
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"When there is so much overt stuff going on, I hardly think so," Katzman
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said.
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