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Stereotypes Of The Jungle Book

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Welcome to the 1960s! The decade is full of new ideals, and a strong youth movement is on the rise. The older generations of the time do not believe in the new movements, so they still carry out their outdated principles, some of which have negative views of different groups of people. A brand new Walt Disney film by the name of The Jungle Book was released in this decade, more specifically in 1967. This film, unbeknownst to Disney at the time, became a classic over the next several decades. With its whimsical jungle setting, charming music, and unique atmosphere, The Jungle Book encapsulates an enjoyable fantasy tale. However, within this film, there are multiple misrepresentations of various groups of people. In Walt Disney's film The Jungle …show more content…

He is portrayed as the lazy, jazz-singing orangutan, voiced by Louis Prima. His major moment in the film comes with his song "I Wanna Be Like You." Prima, a white American, sings the lyrics to this with an African-American style of voice. "Perceptions of Race in Three Generations of The Jungle Book" is a paper written by Anna Waterman that looks into the racial depictions in the original book and two Disney films. In this paper, Waterman describes the vocals of King Louie as "Essentially, a white man... who is imitating black jazz vocalists (especially Louis Armstrong), sings a song in character... (5). Waterman reinforces the notion that Disney wrote the character to be portrayed as black by having the voice actor sing in an African-American vocal style. In addition to the African-American vocals, the song "I Wanna Be Like You" contains lyrics that relate to African-Americans. The lyrics go: Now I'm the king of the swingers/Oh, the jungle VIP I've reached the top and had to stop/And that's what bothers me I wanna be a man, mancub/And stroll right into town And be just like the other men/I'm tired of monkeyin' around! (Jungle

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