Episode 5x08 - Pocahontas

As historically inaccurate and insensitive as it is, the time has come in our journey to tackle Pocahontas, Disney’s very fictional retelling of historical events between the colonists of Jamestown and the Native American Powhatan tribe.

Don’t miss:

• The way the music of this film saves its bacon on several fronts
• How interruptions from studio exec Jeffrey Katzenberg caused stumbling blocks in character development
• A discussion of how many things Disney got wrong about Native Americans, despite the fact that they did make far more of an effort than most studios at the time
• Our final score, which puts it near the bottom of the Renaissance

PLUS, we talk through all the thoughts our audience had when they watched the movie, including several members of our community on Twitter!

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• When our transcription is available, we’ll link it here

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