Hi Billy, On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Ernie: > Here's the question-- > > I sent a copy of the story to my friend with the Islam Today TV show. > He pointed out that a lot about Disney productions is --on the face of it-- > un-Islamic or even anti-Islamic.
> Yet a Saudi company sees a market for Disney, if not in Saudi Arabia per se, > in > their back yard ( nearby countries ). So, if there IS a market, what does > this say about contemporary Arab Islam ? Even Muslims have kids. :-) I used to think Elmo was of the devil. Now he has his own chair in my house... -- Ernie P. > > Three Little Pigs for example. To which we can add Pluto the dog, since > Muslims regard dogs as unclean or worse. "Women" -in the form of Minnie > Mouse, etc-- > don't wear abayas or burqas. And on and on. > > Yet a Saudi company sees a market for Disney, if not in Saudi Arabia per se, > in > their back yard ( nearby countries ). So, if there IS a market, what does > this say about contemporary Arab Islam ? > > And even if, for now, there is no airtime for Disney in Saudi Arabia, where > films > are unwelcome as such, there is bound to be spillover via the Gulf states, > presumably Iraq, > Jordan, Syria, especially Egypt, etc , as well as expat Arab Muslims > elsewhere > who buy into the TV service. > > No small thing since Disney means billions of dollars and vast cultural > influence. > > This is what perplexes me. > > Billy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > In a message dated 12/16/2009 11:47:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I have no idea at all what to make of this > >> Disney to air for free in Middle East >> > > I already told you - the end of civilization as we know it. :-P > > >> Disney programming and movies will be available for free in the Middle East >> following a new deal between Disney's parent company News Corporation and >> the Saudi Rotana Media Group. >> > Not sure why they think NewsCorp is the parent of Disney -- maybe because Fox > has broadcast rights in some regions?!? > > -- Ernie P. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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