And the three allegedly obscene sequences are hardly crystal clear even using the pause button on a VCR, viewers may debate whether they exist.
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Indeed, Disney catapulted into the headlines a few weeks ago on reports that there are subliminal sexual messages in three popular Disney videos: ``The Lion King″ and ``The Little Mermaid,″ as well as ``Aladdin.″ The charges were reported around the world TV news shows broadcast the offending snippets in slow motion, among them a scene from ``The Lion King″ in which dust supposedly spells out the word ``sex.″ĭisney denies inserting any subliminal messages. ``It’s like a toddler introduction to porn.″īy now, just about everyone has heard the rumors that so shocked Mrs. ``I felt as if I had entrusted my kids to pedophiles,″ says the Carthage, N.Y., homemaker, who promptly threw the videos into the garbage. Until, that is, an acquaintance tipped her off to a startling rumor: The Magic Kingdom was sending obscene subliminal messages through some of its animated family films, including ``Aladdin,″ in which the handsome young title character supposedly murmurs, sotto voce, ``All good teenagers take off your clothes.″ ``Disney was almost a member of the family,″ she says. that she owned stacks of its animated home videos, a ``Beauty and the Beast″ blanket and a Disney diaper bag.
Anna Runge, a mother of eight, was so enamored with Walt Disney Co.