A promo piece for a Spanish language version of The Magician’s Nephew for young readers
A year ago I speculated on how the Netflix version of The Magician’s Nephew would handle Aslan’s creation of the world through his song. When I came upon this illustration, I realized there was another way to handle it.
For the record, I disliked The Lion King immensely
I call it the “Hakuna Matata” method. It’s used in animated musicals a lot, like The Lion King which is the first instance I thought of when I saw the pic above. The main characters line up as if having a parade, the singer of the song in the front, and merrily they march along for a verse or two. You know the drill. It’s something that would never happen in real life, but makes sense in a cartoon version of it. It’s a shorthand method of making sure the audience understands that the characters all agree with whatever sentiment the song is putting forth.
(Of course, there’s a variant where as soon as the song stops, the characters stop marching, shake their heads as if coming out of a trance, and start disagreeing with whatever the singer has proposed.)
Anyway, this way of making Aslan sing the flora and fauna to life makes more sense than showing him making faces like he’s yawning or barfing.
