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SHARE BUTTON The Lion King “Doesn’t this seem familiar?”, one big cat asks of another in direc- tor Jon Favreau’s remake of Dis- ney’s much loved 1994 animated musical The Lion King. Yes, yes, it sure does seem familiar. Remake, rinse, reboot, repeat. Such is the circle of life for Disney as the stu- dio continues their campaign to NJ STAGE - ISSUE 61 by Eric Hillis wring every last dollar out of their back catalogue with a series of ‘live action’ remakes that are now arriving at a pace few parents could afford to financially keep up with. We’re only halfway through 2019 and we’ve already had re- makes of Dumbo, Aladdin and now The Lion King. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 82