# Why Disney's Lion King (2019) Is Actually About Eating Bugs

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Podcast: [Paranoid American](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paranoid-american-6597042)
Published: 2026-05-21T09:00:24+00:00
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## Resource

2019 Lion King's uncanny valley animation, heavy-handed Christian symbolism, and how Disney weaponized nostalgia to print money while programming kids to normalize insect-based diets.

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