When it comes to the making of The Jungle Book, there is this story that Walt Disney saw the first storyboards, was dissatisfied with them, and finally put a new team of animators on it. He gave each of them an exemplar of The Jungle Book and then ordered them NOT to read the book. And if you pay attention you’ll notice that the movie claims to be “inspired” by the Jungle Book, rather than being an adaptation.
So I decided to do it different this time around. Rather than pointing out the difference, I will give a short overview of The Jungle Book, and then I’ll look at the plot of the...
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