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By contrast, the2019 version, performed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, is … fine?
In its remake ofAladdin, Jafar was made scrappy and, uh,very masc.
LikeThe Lion King, they still have white directors,plus ca change.
If these updates are well-intentioned, and even thats a maybe, theyre also strategic.
