Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
first comically and then with greater assurance, would have been more effective
storytelling. T i m o n and P u m b a a add much-needed comic relief to the story, but fail
to dramatize the stages of Simba's development, the individual lessons that he has
to learn. T h e y teach h i m how to kick back and enjoy life, but they don't give him
what he really needs. T h e lessons learned in Act Two (be laid back, relax, enjoy life,
don't stress out, be scoundrelly and a little gross, recognize love when you find i t )
don't prepare S i m b a for the O R D E A L he must ultimately face.
Meanwhile I felt there was more work for Rafiki to do in this story. I wanted
him to be more like Merlin, an experienced wise man who had perhaps been the
king's counselor at one time, who pretends to be crazy so he can appear harmless to
the usurper, and who is charged with looking after the young prince as he grows up
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