1. Ordinary WorldAladdin is just a poor orphaned street rat on the streets of Agrabah. How can he ever hope to be anything more?2. Call To AdventureWhen he spies a cute girl in trouble in the marke...

The Fictional Arabian Kingdom of AgrabahAladdin doesn't waste any time introducing us to its setting. In fact, you might say it's the first character we meet. It even gets its own song:PEDDLER: Oh,...

Framing DeviceFor the most part, Aladdin has a pretty straightforward narrative structure. One thing happens, then another thing, then another. Pretty simple, right?Well, not so fast. Remember, tha...

Comedy, Musical, FamilyWe're totally about to drop some knowledge on you: even though some folks might think animation is a film genre, it isn't. Animation is actually a medium or a technique, not...

Nowadays, Disney movies come with sassy titles like Tangled and Frozen, but back in the good ol' days of the Disney Renaissance, the studio just stuck the main character's name up in lights on the...

Okay, so Jafar is toast (yay), and Aladdin and Jasmine have affirmed their love for each other (double yay), but it's not time to live happily ever after quite yet. See, there's still that pesky la...

GThis is a Disney movie, folks, so we're guessing you're not too surprised to learn that Aladdin is about as tame as Jasmine's pet tiger, Rajah. Actually, it's much, much tamer than that. There's n...