Daily Dialogue — October 16, 2019

“Long live the king.”

— The Lion King (1994), screenplay by Irene Mecchi and Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton, story by Burny Mattinson & Barry Johnson & Lorna Cook & Thom Enriquez & Andy Gaskill & Gary Trousdale & Jim Capobianco & Kevin Harkey & Jorgen Klubien & Chris Sanders & Tom Sito & Larry Leker & Joe Ranft & Rick Maki & Ed Gombert & Francis Glebas & Mark Kausler, additional story material by J.T. Allen & George Scribner & Miguel Tejada-Flores & Jenny Tripp & Bob Tzudiker & Christopher Vogler & Kirk Wise & Noni White, story supervisor Brenda Chapman

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Killing. Today’s suggestion by @msdanifernandez.

Trivia: Originally titled “King of the Jungle”, it was supposed to be about African lions living in the jungle, until the production team realized that African lions don’t live in the jungle. They wanted to focus on the real-life setting for an African lion, though a jungle where Simba meets Timon and Pumbaa does appear later on. Interestingly enough, the phrase “King of the Jungle” is still used on certain T-shirts sold at the Disney Store.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Scar’s ironic farewell words to Mufasa make this killing even more heinous.