“A whole new world,” the street urchin Aladdin promises Princess Jasmine in a song from the 1992 hit film. “A new fantastic point of view?.?.?.?A whole new world, a dazzling place I never knew.” And sure enough, the world that is ultimately revealed conforms to a comforting Disney narrative that upholds the US soft power tropes of freedom and social mobility. Love triumphs, the urchin marries the princess and a repressive, authoritarian sultan sees the light.
“一個嶄新的世界。”街童阿拉丁在1992年上映的賣座電影《阿拉丁》(Aladdin)中向茉莉公主(Princess Jasmine)承諾。“一個全新的夢幻般的視角……一個嶄新的世界,一個我從沒見過的耀眼的地方。”果不其然,人們最終看到的世界符合讓人放心的、維護以自由和社會流動為特征的美國軟實力的迪士尼(Disney)敘事。愛情勝利了,街童娶了公主,專制威權的蘇丹變得開明。