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TIL Disney’s Aladdin was ranked by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most controversial films, due to the original releases ‘Arabian Nights’ verse: “…Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face / It’s barbaric, but, hey, it’s home”. This lyric was changed in the 1993 video release.

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