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Jungle Book - an adventure tale, children’s fiction, colonial narrative -…
Jungle Book - an adventure tale, children’s fiction, colonial narrative
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Characters - based on Hindi/Urdu words
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Rasksha (Mother Wolf)
saves Mowgli from Shere Khan when Mowgli ran into her cavem, running away from Shere Khan
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monkey people
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they are outcasts, prone to boasting and have minds full of laughter
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Akela
Old wise, aging wolves leader of the pack
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Messua
Village ladies who welcomes Mowgli into her village home thinking he is the long lost son who was taken from them as an infant by a tiger
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Mary Zimmerman - directed a New Jungle book musical in Chicago and Boston, As the show was beginning technical rehearsals, Chicago Magazine writer Catey Sullivan asked Mary Zimmerman about how she was planning to address Jungle Book's problematic legacy. "Kipling’s politics are pretty terrible and pretty undeniable," the director said. "Having been in India I realize most of the stuff we know about India is from books written by Westerners. But you go over there and you see that the British occupation was so short in the history of the country. No one is sitting around moping about the raj. You have to remember the past, but you don’t have to live in it." Then Zimmerman, defending Disney characterization of King Louie, noted, "it’s something I think where the racism is in the eye of the beholder, you know?" Show
Mary Zimmerman - directed a New Jungle book musical was asked - The Jungle Book, and King Louie in particular, has been criticized as playing into racial stereotypes. Was that a concern when adapting the film?
Yeah, it was a concern. But I’ve decided to make it not a concern. I know what the lyrics say and how squeamish you can get about that. But we’ve done some things with casting that I’m not going to give away, but that I think will remove that element. I know what the lyrics of [“I Wanna Be Like You”] say, but look at the original—it’s sung by Louis Prima. He’s the King of the Swingers. It’s something I think where the racism is in the eye of the beholder, you know? If you look at that as racist, doesn’t that say more about what you’re projecting on to the character? .
Look, if you wanted to eliminate every masterpiece or painting created by someone who had moronic ideas about status and race, you’d have to empty the museums. You’d have to tear down the Taj Mahal. That was built by slaves you know. People are so layered—no one is all good or bad. There are parts of them that are better than the other parts. Sometimes I feel like righteous indignation is everybody’s favorite emotion these days.
Having been in India I realize most of the stuff we know about India is from books written by Westerners. But you go over there and you see that the British occupation was so short in the history of the country. No one is sitting around moping about the raj. You have to remember the past, but you don’t have to live in it.
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"Theatre gives kids the opportunity to tell stories which develops empathy and other 21st century skills like creativity and confidence."
This is a heart-warming story,that shows the importance of friendship and trust within diversity