Occult Disney #34: Pocahontas (what caused John Smith to talk to trees?)

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This movie is a bit offensive for more than the obvious reasons. Sure, John Smith was 24 and Pocahontas was 10. They probably never met, and the real story involved her getting "hoodwinked" (that's a very specific term) and showed off like a circus attraction.

But beyond all of those tired takes, she herself is offensive for a few reasons. The inexplicable ability to understand and speak English can be forgiven for story purposes. Falling in love with a colonizer at first sight a bit less so, but also acceptable because of the age group and runtime. But then consider the actual content of what she says.

She's completely full of herself in this movie, implying that just because of cultural differences somehow her way of life is superior or more noble. Nobody can paint with all the colors of the wind, that's just an abstract rhetorical device to condescend, or worse: a misdirection from the gold which we still haven't found to this day.

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