‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Director Barry Jenkins Responds To Criticism Over Disney Prequel

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Barry Jenkins defends himself over criticism for helming the Disney prequel Mufasa: The Lion King. After the trailer for The Lion King prequel dropped, fans of the Moonlight director took shots at him over his involvement with the film.

One social media user on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said Jenkins was “too good and talented for this Iger’s soulless machine.” “There is nothing soulless about The Lion King,” Jenkins replied. “For decades children have sat in theaters all over the world experiencing collective grief for the first time, engaging Shakespeare for the first time, across aisles in myriad languages.

A most potent vessel for communal empathy.” There is nothing soulless about The Lion King. For decades children have sat in theaters all over the world experiencing collective grief for the first time, engaging Shakespeare for the first time, across aisles in myriad languages.

A most potent vessel for communal empathy. Another user criticized Jenkins for his response, claiming the filmmaker wouldn’t have replied like that when he premiered Moonlight at TIFF. “Bruh what kind of logic is that?” Jenkins replied. “How about this, here are a few videos from the ‘same Barry Jenkins who premiered Moonlight‘ (as you put it) showing some of the things I was doing in my spare time AT THE SAME TIME I was writing Moonlight.” Bruh what kind of logic is that?