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Movie Review: Barry Jenkins brings fresh energy, originality to the ‘Lion King’ prequel ‘Mufasa’
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This image released by Disney shows characters Sarabi, voiced by Tiffany Boone, left, Mufasa, voiced by Aaron Pierre, center, and Rafiki, voiced by Kagiso Lediga in a scene from "Mufasa: The Lion King." - photo by Disney via AP
“Mufasa: The Lion King” has one very important thing going for it: an original story. That may seem like faint praise or at least a very, very low bar in the grand scheme of things. But in a landscape where Disney continues to remake its animated catalogue in slightly different, and usually less interesting, forms whether “live action” or “photorealistic” that usually only serves to remind how good the 2D animation was, originality is not to be undervalued.