Will the Real Pocahontas Please Stand Up?
After watching the Disney version of colonization, you'll write a review of Disney's version of the story of Jamestown, John Smith and Pocahontas.
Here is your chance to work out your ideas, ask questions, and consider the issue of historical accuracy in film.
Is is okay for artists and film makers to embellish, change, and even distor history? What is the message of Disney's version of Pocahontas?
posted by Charlotte Jacobs at
2:56 PM
3 Comments:
No, I don't think it's okay for non-American Indian artists to make a historically inaccurate version of an already inspiring story to make it more suitable for the "family market". Disney, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!!!
Jacob C.
P.S. Hilarious title!
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Anonymous, at 4:30 PM
I feel that in Disneys version of Pocahontas she is portrayed very inaccurately for example, she looks like Barbie doll, her personality is crazified(a lot of feelings). The native americans are also depicted like people who work all day and never turn down a battle. Disney did some good(E.G. cinderella, and Mzry Poppins) work but this is not a masterpiece WHAT HAPPENED???.
-Erin M.
P.S. I just got back from Toronto!!!
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Anonymous, at 2:30 PM
I think that it is okay for Disney to make interesting stories out of books or fairy tales (Cinderella, Snow White etc.) but making a mockery of a real event goes a little to far. Disney should have realized that by embellishing a real event and making a film out of it that they would offend some racial groups.
Nicholas P.
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Anonymous, at 3:06 PM
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