The year was 1991, and the halls of Disney Animation were filled with a frantic, creative energy. The production of Aladdin was in full swing, but there was a growing, silent panic in the music department. Howard Ashman, the lyrical genius behind the film’s heartbeat, had passed away, leaving his partner Alan Menken with a half-finished masterpiece and a stack of "problematic" lyrics that the studio was suddenly very nervous about.
Aladdin looked at Jasmine. She wasn’t glowing with a soft-focus lens or accompanied by a harp. She was just there—real, messy, her hair windswept, a small cut on her arm from the fight. And she was perfect. aladdin 1992 music fixed
By the time the film hit home video in 1993, Disney had scrubbed the line, replacing it with: The year was 1991, and the halls of
