![]() ![]() The song is all about the untrustworthy ways of women, specifically of a single, unstable girlfriend. ![]() Full circle, so it would seem, to go from one Jeannie to another - but the Will Smith of yesteryear was a far different creature (in character, at least, if not in face) than the one at work today. Back in 1985, Smith, along with Jeffrey “DJ Jazzy Jeff” Townes, released his first single, “Girls Ain’t Nothing But Trouble,” which sampled melodies from the theme to the 1960s TV sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. I doubt many of the kids in Aladdin’s audience made the connection between Will Smith’s latest incarnation, as The Genie, and his long-ago role as hip-hop MC, The Prince. For the six-year-olds who sat through Disney’s live action remake of Aladdin earlier this year, it may have been their first time seeing him onscreen - but for those of us who’ve been around long enough, his presence is a dear reminder that there’s always something, or someone, to smile about. If there’s one thing to be assumed from seeing Will Smith’s face in a movie, it’s that you’re in for a good time. And sure enough - it’s Will Smith.Įveryone can sigh there’s nothing to be afraid of. “Oh Great One who summons me!,” the figure bellows, “I stand by my oath: loyalty to wishes three!” Aladdin cowers in awe the monkey hugs his leg.īut then the figure grins. It promptly releases a huge cloud of blue smoke, which rises high over his head, flashes with lightning, and emits a monstrous entity. In a neat twist, his pet monkey, Abu, steals the lantern back from Jafar, and, just in the nick of time, it hurdles down into the depths with them.Īlone with Abu, Aladdin is struck by a sound impulse and decides to rub the lamp. He finds the lantern, but upon delivering it to Jafar, Aladdin is thrown back into the cave. He’s been promised boundless riches for this service: “Enough to impress a princess.” (You see, Aladdin has fallen for a princess named Jasmine, and fears she may be unmoved by his waifish ways.) In a cavern brimming with gold treasures, the street urchin Aladdin (Mena Massoud) has ventured to retrieve a magic lantern for the nefarious Jafar (Marwan Kenzari). The scene is Arabia - at night, of course.
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