We recently watched RIP! A Remix Manifesto in class. One of the chapters talked about Disney following the manifesto of building from the past. During the Larry Lessig presentation portion, he displayed how Disney classics such as Snow White, Cinderella, and Steamboat Willie were works of that past that were updated to be made relevant for our culture. I recently came across a video of everyone's favorite Serengeti tale The Lion King, being brightly compared to an older animation called Kimba the white lion. It is evident that The Lion King was a clever remix of an unknown Japanese cartoon. Kimba...Simba.....Tomato...Tomaaaato....Let's not order a lawsuit!
Oh My Gosh! You are definitely right, and I completely agree on your standpoint. As I think we both agreed in class, remixes are freely interpreted and therfore ARE different in their context. I totally agree, there is no need to bring upon lawsuits for creative interpretation. Good Clip!
ReplyDeleteI think I am experiencing a little cognitive dissonance on this one, lion kings one of my favorite movies of all time. I think its really hard to look at it as copying because that's such as harsh word. I don't think there is anything wrong with transforming a story though. Look at how many Greek Myth have became our own stories and religions; how many Shakespeare plays have been spun into modern movies. Look up A Midsummer Night's Dream and the movie "She's the Man." Its a far play-off but the "copying" is there. I think the line is really grey...
ReplyDeleteI agree its grey. There's nothing wrong with refurnishing the old to create a new meaning for the public. Lol @ Cognitive dissonance, its a shame I know
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone above. Courtney i thought you brought up great examples with the shakespeare plays being recreated into modern tales. I do believe that disney probably snatched a lot of themes from Kimba. However, Lion king was awesome and i seen that first so #lionking>Kimba.
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