The Lion King & Pocahontas (Disney Renaissance Series)
For Episode 89 of the Everything 90s podcast, Shaleena and Claire of Why The Flick podcast discuss the movies The Lion King and Pocahontas. They share fun facts about these two films, such as Jason Weaver being the singing voice of Simba and the similarities between The Lion King and the Japanese show Kimba the White Lion. The conversation delves into their childhood memories of watching The Lion King and also touch on their disappointment with the live-action version. Shaleena and Claire also share their memories of watching Pocahontas and their thoughts on its animation, music, and acknowledge the controversy surrounding the film's portrayal of the real Pocahontas and John Smith.
Episode Highlights
- Special guest: Claire from Why The Flick? podcast
- The Lion King fun facts
- Childhood memories associated with The Lion King
- The Lion King soundtrack
- Listener's Corner: A message from Pamela!
- Pocahontas sad facts
- Childhood memories associated with Pocahontas
- The Pocahontas soundtrack
Links
Free Willy episode with Claire: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whytheflick/episodes/42-Free-Willy-1993-Orca-Ted-Talk-e27994e/a-aa5hv27
Everything 90s Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Everything-90s/explore?page=1&sortOrder=recent
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Podcast theme song: Coming Closer by Sven Lindvall, acquired via Epidemic Sound.
Sources
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57386/30-facts-about-lion-king
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/news/a43819/disney-pocahontas-facts-didnt-know/
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Available on Spotify.
Why The Flick?
Claire is the host of Why the Flick?, a biweekly podcast that watches a new movie each episode and asks the question "why the flick did we watch this?"
