Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Episode Summary Making sense of the plot of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) proves almost as difficult as locating a lost civilization in the Atlantic Ocean. Erin and Rachel muddle through the complicated lore of this box office flop and manage to find some positive depictions of gender roles and racial diversity. Episode Bibliography apneax3n0n. (2015, May 9). Nadia vs Atlantis - The More You Know post . Imgur. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Atlantis: The Lost Empire . (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) . (n.d.). IMDb. Retrieved August 21, 2023, from Boone, D. (2020, January 29). Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Fushigi no Umi no Nadia) – Nadia vs Atlantis . The Review Heap. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from Cayce, E. D. (1968). Edgar Cayce on Atlantis. Hawthorn Books. Davis, A. M. (2007). Good girls and wicked witches: Women in Disney's feature animation . John Libbey & Company. Davis, A. M. (2014). Handsome heroes and vile villains: Men in Disney’s feature animation . John Libbey & Company. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2023, August 14). Atlantis, legendary island. Dudley, S. (2019, March 15). Making of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Full Documentary) . YouTube. Retrieved August 19, 2023, from Ebert, R. (2001, June 15). Atlantis: The Lost Empire movie review (2001) . Roger Ebert. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Edgar Cayce . (n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved August 21, 2023, from Fabrikant, G. (2001, May 21). Suddenly, the Stakes Are High for Disney's Film and TV Businesses . The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Figueroa, J. (2020, May 3). Going Down in Flames: The Story of "Atlantis" Fire Mountain at the Magic Kingdom . WDW News Today. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Gleiberman, O. (2001, June 6). Atlantis: The Lost Empire . EW.com. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Hackforth, R. (1944). The story of Atlantis: Its purpose and its moral. The Classical Review, 58 (1), 7-9. Hill, J. (2003, August 10). How Disney's animators lost their way on the road to "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" . Jim Hill Media. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Hughey, M. W. (2010). The white savior film and reviewers’ reception. Symbolic Interaction, 33 (3), 475-496. Hughey, M. W. (2014). The white savior film: Content, critics, and consumption. Temple University Press. Johnson, B. (2019, June 7). Neocolonialism in Disney’s Renaissance: Analyzing Portrayals of Race and Gender in Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Oregon State University . McCarthy, T. (2001, June 7). Atlantis: The Lost Empire . Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from McDonald's Dives Into Disney's Atlantis . (2001, June 11). QSR magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from McKeon, M. (2018, April 19). A Walt Disney production: “Atlantis: The Lost Empire”. Medium. Mitchell, E. (2001, June 8). FILM REVIEW; Under the Sea, Damp Hakuna Matata (Published 2001) . The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Morris, W. (2001, June 15). 'Atlantis' is a find / Disney emphasizes adventure over cuteness, romance and song . SFGATE. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Moseley, D. (2001, June 15). Destination Atlantis at the El Capitan . Laughing Place. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Ness, M. (2016, October 20). An Expensive Adventure: Atlantis: The Lost Empire . Tor.com. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Pinsky, M. (2004). The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust . Westminster John Knox Press. Plato. (2008). Timaeus and Critias (D. Lee, Trans.). Penguin Books. Radulovic, P. (2020, September 23). Atlantis was meant to change the course of Disney animation . Polygon. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Ringle, C. (2019). Fear and loathing in the Americas: White fanatics and the cinematic mindset. Terrae Incognitae, 51 (3), 271-280. DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2019.1662665 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2022, February 12). Plato. Stegman, C. (2017). Remembering Atlantis: Plato’s “Timaeus-Critias”, the ancestral constitution, and the democracy of the Gods. Political Theory, 45 (2), 240-260. Straw, J. (2019, January 5). Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the white savior [Blog Post]. Taylor, D. (2020, June 17). Atlantis: The Lost Empire: Inside the Troubled Disney Production . Collider. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from Tuckey, T. (2021, June 16). Atlantis: The Lost Empire's 20th Anniversary Fan Celebration (6/15/21) . YouTube. Retrieved August 22, 2023, from Turan, K. (2001, June 8). 'Atlantis' Seems Like Old Times . Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Wise, K., & Trousdale, G. (Directors). (2001). Atlantis: The Lost Empire [Film]. Walt Disney Animation Studios. Zacharek, S. (2001, June 15). "Atlantis" . Salon.com. Retrieved August 14, 2023, from Zion, L. (2001, July 19). Nadia vs. Atlantis, Revisited! Anime News Network. Retrieved August 6, 2023, from

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Atlantis: The Lost Empire is an episode from Deconstructing Disney by Rachel Casey.

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This episode was published on Sep 12, 2023.

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