Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
an antelope stampede and the young Simba is shown approaching, nudging, and
sniffing the corpse, looking for signs of life but finally understanding that his father
is dead. Some felt this was too strong for young children.
Others replied that Disney has always shown the dark, tragic, and brutal side
of life, and that though the company has often been criticized for it, such scenes are
part of the Disney tradition, from the death of Bambi s mother to the death of O l d
Yeller, the family hound in a movie of the same name. W a l t weathered a squall of
controversy around O l d Yeller s death, and later came to feel that killing off a beloved
character was a breach of his contract with the audience. W h e n the question came up
on the animated adaptation of The Jungle Book, Walt insisted, " T h e bear lives!"
In the end, it was decided that The Lion King would confront death directly,
and the scene was shot as originally boarded
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