Margaret Lazarus 'Essay' All's Not Well In Land Of The Lion King

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Margaret Lazarus’ essay All’s Not well in Land of the Lion King details her opinion in the classic Disney movie. She states how she believes the movie is racist, sexist, and anti-gay. While it’s not difficult to see where she’s coming from, most of her points are far-fetched at best. Another major point Lazarus tried to make clear in her essay is that The Lion King is sexist. Her main concern was that the obviously very strong lionesses were not able to fight back against Scar and the hyenas. She even went as far as to mention how her children had the same concerns, and questioned why the lionesses couldn’t do anything to help. She made a point of mentioning how even though there were numerous lionesses who in reality could have done something