{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"twist_admin","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/twist_admin\/","title":"Aladdin, the reflection of orientalism - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"csftRqbAp0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2017\/09\/11\/aladdin-the-reflection-of-orientalism\/\">Aladdin, the reflection of orientalism<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2017\/09\/11\/aladdin-the-reflection-of-orientalism\/embed\/#?secret=csftRqbAp0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Aladdin, the reflection of orientalism&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"csftRqbAp0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Aladdin-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":960,"thumbnail_height":721,"description":"Controversy ensued immediately after Disney announced that it would remake Aladdin, the cartoon fantasy film released in 1992.\u00a0The outcry centred largely on the casting for the film, and specifically, who would play the roles of Aladdin and Jasmine.\u00a0 For Disney, Aladdin is far more than just a film. It is a multimillion-dollar franchise &#8211; one that encompasses television and film spin-offs, rollercoaster rides, Halloween costumes, and scores of trademarked toys, gadgets and other products that generate considerable revenue for the mass\u00a0media\u00a0and entertainment conglomerate. The live action remake, to be directed by British director\u00a0Guy Ritchie\u00a0and slated for release in theatres in 2018, will be the latest instalment of Disney&#8217;s Aladdin franchise. For the diverse groups of people that hail from the\u00a0Middle East, the region that inspires the story and setting for Aladdin, the film renews a\u00a0range of concerns. Aladdin, the film and its aggregate franchise, is not only a material embodiment of\u00a0Orientalism\u00a0&#8211; the\u00a0system\u00a0that reduces the Middle East, and its elaborately diverse peoples, cultures and faiths, into a backwards monolith &#8211; but also an enterprise that generates extravagant profits from perpetuating these misrepresentations. The film disseminates dangerous representations of the Middle East, and its peoples, to the youngest and most impressionable minds ..."}