🧞 Disney Renaissance: Day 4 — Aladdin
“When the lamp becomes the algorithm, and the wish becomes us.”

A dazzling, conflicted parable about power, servitude, and the grace of letting go — from Orientalism to AI, Genie to gig worker, myth to machine.

🎵 Friend Like Me | 🍷 Sweet mint tea or a splash of Shiraz

Read on Substack → https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/aladdin-the-wish-the-will-and-the

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Beauty and the Beast — Five for Five

Part 3 of my Disney Renaissance Rewatch is live.

This one’s about masculinity, mental health, love, and learning to be seen.

If you don’t like it, sue me.
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https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/beauty-and-the-beast-five-for-five
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Just wrapped The Rescuers Down Under and… it ain’t it.

First 20 minutes feel like an epilogue to a movie I never saw. It picks up with the albatross, but never really soars.

White savior narrative. Confused tone. Wasted opportunity.

★★☆☆☆
Short review on Letterboxd:
👉 https://letterboxd.com/jecmoore/film/the-rescuers-down-under/

Longform breakdown on Substack:
👉 https://substack.com/home/post/p-174649104

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🧵 Film Review Series: Disney Renaissance – Day 2

Tonight we’re diving into The Rescuers Down Under (1990), the sequel to 1977’s The Rescuers — which, full confession, I’ve never seen.

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📢 Programming note:

Today’s #DisneyRenaissance deep dive on The Rescuers Down Under is postponed till tomorrow. Real life is precedent—moving day today.

Thanks for your patience, y’all. We’ll be back with golden eagles and outback action tomorrow. 🦅🇦🇺

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🧜🏽‍♀️ Substack Drop!

Today I rewatched The Little Mermaid — and dug deep.

It’s not just a coming-of-age story.
It’s a tale of assimilation, queerness, white saviors, and the price of a voice.

Ursula was right.
Ariel was punished for difference.
And the final song? It’s a lie.

New essay:
"Trading Soul for Silverware"
📝 https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/trading-soul-for-silverware-the-tragic

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