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I agree with you that this is awfully distorted. So was the Lion King with nearly every character sounding like some ethnic or racial group. I liked the story but was appalled by the stereotyping. My daugher, age 14, didn't recognize the stereotypes so maybe other (wasp) kids didn't either but I bet kids in the groups being aped heard the put-downs. This is the same sort of thing we as librarians deal with all the time -real versus fiction or original (Jungle Book) vs. new version. I will probably see the movie for myself to be prepared for the 7th graders ************************************************************************ Beverley Owen, librarian Pearland Jr High East P.O. Box 7 Pearland, TX 77588 Phone 713-485-2481 email owenb@tenet.edu ************************************************************************ interest in August.