May 23, 2019

While discussing movies...

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  1. In the original story, Aladdin was Chinese.

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  2. Aladdin was supposed to be Chinese in a 19th century English version of an 18th century French version of a Middle Eastern story... It all has the sound of exotic Orientalism, which is a very European concept... So Aladdin is basically a faux oriental "exotic" from the git-go. White guy in light-brown makeup would seem reasonable when you think about it.

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