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I stumbled upon this article while searching through my Facebook News Feed, entitled "Sarabi: Long Live the Queen." It wasn't until I read this article that I remembered how powerful of a character Sarabi is. Once Scar takes over Pride Rock, she does not falter, continuing to lead the lionesses proudly, standing up to Scar bravely and not being afraid to exert her power over him once she discovers that he is at fault for Mufasa's death.
Nevertheless, as the title of my post suggests, I think we all tend to forget not just how powerful Sarabi is but Sarabi all together. The Lion King came out over 20 years ago, but here is proof that female characters getting a combination of power AND attention is such a recent phenomenon that we see in Rapunzel, Brave, and Frozen. What do you guys think? Do you think Sarabi is a powerful female Disney character? Do you think we tend to forget about her? What do you think about Disney's perception of female characters?
Sarabi was definitely one of my top childhood heroes because of her strength. I think she is forgotten, but I think this has to do with her being a fairly minor character in the grand scheme of the movie. While she is very important, she does not get much screen time and does not have many speaking lines compared to the other (predominantly male) characters.
ReplyDeleteI never thought of Sarabi as a child, but now i look at it, i would agree it is a strong forgotten character.
ReplyDeleteI had to look up which character sarabi was because i couldn't remember and i have watched the lion king at least once this past year. I agree with what you are saying and how she is a string charter but i think the issue is how she is forgotten. Here is a strong character and nobody remembers her. I think that says a lot
ReplyDeleteI think that some of that blame could be placed on Disney's team for it's failure to emphasize Sarabi as an empowering figure. While it is excellent that such a strong female character can be found even before Disney's modern feminist trend, it does speak for the time in which it was created that so dim a spotlight was placed on her.
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