It is surprising how a seemingly educated woman, who has won Oscars for her documentaries, can be so off base in her review of the Disney film “The Lion King” ” . Margaret Lazarus took a movie made for the entertainment of children and turned it into something that is racist, sexist, and stereotypes gender roles. He uses a lot of personal arguments to review the film but offers few solutions. The author is well organized but lacks alternative points of view and does not use adequate sources. Lazarus uses the statement at the end of his review that "Disney's magic enchanted his children, but they and millions of other children were given hidden messages that could only harm them and us" (118). He makes his point by stating that “Disney Magic reinforces and reproduces bigoted and stereotypical views of minorities and women in our society” (Lazarus 117). He makes comparisons such as elephant cemeteries to ghettos (Lazarus 118). Other lines of reasoning Lazarus gives us involve Whoopie Goldberg using the inner-city dialect, the villain Scar being gay, and only those born into privilege can bring about change (118). Lazarus begins his review first, informing us that hyenas lived in a dark, impoverished elephant graveyard and compared it to life in a ghetto (118). He doesn't tell us where he learned how a ghetto is like an elephant graveyard. It was a dark and sinister place, but its comparison to a ghetto is unjustified. True hyenas are scavengers by nature and don't exactly hang out with the rest of the animals in the middle of the Pride Lands. Disney, by all accounts, typically has a location in almost every movie that is dark and sinister... middle of paper... people don't want to see or avoid this movie. Lazarus would have to find sources to support his arguments. If the Disney Company has wronged Lazarus in some way, this may be why he makes these remarks about the film. People will find out as much as they can about a movie before letting their kids watch it, which would be a good idea for Ms. Lazarus. He gives us no information about his background or knowledge about racism, sexuality, gender roles, or the ghetto to support the point of view he makes about the film. He should remember that he is not evaluating a documentary where the facts are important and just sit back and enjoy a Disney classic. Works Cited Lazarus, Margaret. "All is not well in the land of the Lion King." Power of language; language of power. New York: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009. 117-118. Press.