On the surface this seems like a great take however, two points eliminate it for me (not personal Violet, it's the best argument I've seen in the last 48 hours to explain these two shows)
1) Disney +: Not too long ago, it was feasible to think that there were 9-12 year old's that hadn't seen Lion King, Mermaid or Cinderella with the way "The Disney Vault" was handled, but now the entire library is available at any point. There's no reason to expect that kids haven't seen the classics and know them as well as the newer movies..../QUOTE]
((I keep trying to edit this to make my comment separate from the quote but it is not working, sorry!))
Thank you, WickstarRunner, that was a nice compliment.
BUT, on point #1:
Disney+. I'd bet BIG MONEY that Moana is one of the top watched films on D+ and that is why we are seeing more of it than any other film in these nighttime shows. And I'd bet big money that scores of young millennials with little girls are not showing them Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, for example, because patriarchy and because they are not strong female characters, and films like Peter Pan because of the What Made the Red Man Red scene, etc. Those old movies are having to come with *disclaimers.* My own 12yo started Dumbo a while back and then saw the disclaimer about racial stereotypes and decided to skip it.