Mufasa: The Lion King Review – Disney’s Prequel Roars With Promise But Stumbles
A musical spin-off that unveils the unexplored tale of how two well-known adversaries were once companions, and how they came to part ways. If “The Lion King” was compared to “Hamlet” set in Africa, then “Mufasa: The Lion King” might have been conceptualized as the “Wicked” equivalent in the animal realm, where we learn through melodies about two brothers who were raised together but eventually drifted apart. Given the box office success of the “Wizard of Oz” prequel, now seems an ideal moment for Disney to delve deeper into the histories of two of their iconic figures in a similar fashion – a serendipitous coincidence that it emerges after years of development.