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** Nala gets more to do, reinforcing her character as brave, determined and unwilling to bow to oppression; the reason she's able to run into Simba is because she has to leave the Pride Lands for fear Scar would force her to be his Queen and have his cubs. She also gets more lines during "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" such as "Kings don't need advice for little hornbills for a start!" and "Everybody look right!"

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** Nala gets more to do, reinforcing her character as brave, determined and unwilling to bow to oppression; the reason she's able to run into Simba is because she has to leave the Pride Lands for fear Scar would force her to be his Queen and have his cubs. She also gets more lines during "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" such as "Kings don't need advice for from little hornbills for a start!" and "Everybody look right!"
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** Nala gets more to do, reinforcing her character as brave, determined and unwilling to bow to oppression; the reason she's able to run into Simba is because she has to leave the Pride Lands for fear Scar would force her to be his Queen and have his cubs.

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** Nala gets more to do, reinforcing her character as brave, determined and unwilling to bow to oppression; the reason she's able to run into Simba is because she has to leave the Pride Lands for fear Scar would force her to be his Queen and have his cubs. She also gets more lines during "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" such as "Kings don't need advice for little hornbills for a start!" and "Everybody look right!"
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** Nala gets more to do, reinforcing her character as brave, determined and unwilling to bow to oppression; the reason she's able to run into Simba is because she has to leave the Pride Lands for fear Scar would force her to be his Queen.

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** Nala gets more to do, reinforcing her character as brave, determined and unwilling to bow to oppression; the reason she's able to run into Simba is because she has to leave the Pride Lands for fear Scar would force her to be his Queen.Queen and have his cubs.
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* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Not that Scar was exactly a paragon of mental health in the original movie, but here he's portrayed as a good deal more insane. After some years into his rule, he sees Mufasa's ghost everywhere, has arguments with himself, and becomes increasingly paranoid.

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* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Not that Scar was exactly a paragon of mental health in the original movie, but here he's portrayed as a good deal more insane. After some years into his rule, he sees Mufasa's ghost everywhere, has arguments with himself, and becomes increasingly paranoid. He also needs a cane to get about, although how much he actually relies on it varies between actors.

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** Improvisation also leads to Zazu's puppeter, in the Chicago version, Zazu's puppeteer says that he can't go back to selling popcorn at Garret's when Mufasa threatens to fire him, and says that a scenery backdrop looks like a shower curtain from Target. In the current London version, Zazu says he can't go back to Franchise/TheMuppets, and the curtains look like they come from IKEA.

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** Later, when Simba steals the Zazu puppet, the puppeter 'realises' that he's visible and acts like he's naked.
** Improvisation also leads to Zazu's puppeter, in puppeter saying different appropriate things to match the play's current location:
*** In the Broadway version, he says the curtain looks like a shower curtain from the Guggenheim.
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the Chicago version, Zazu's puppeteer says that he can't go back to selling popcorn at Garret's when Mufasa threatens to fire him, and says that a scenery backdrop looks like a shower curtain from Target. Target.
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In the current London version, Zazu says he can't go back to Franchise/TheMuppets, and the curtains look like they come from IKEA.

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* CutSong: "The Morning Report" was cut from the show in 2010, and subsequent stagings now have Zazu go straight into warning Mufasa about the hyena threat. "The Madness of King Scar" has been cut down over the years as well.



* ShownTheirWork: Zazu's feathers are white in this version rather than blue. While this may have been intended to grant the puppet more visibility (his puppeteer manages to blend into the background, due to his dark clothing), it's worth mentioning that red-billed hornbills in real life are indeed white and grey in color rather than blue.


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* ShownTheirWork: Zazu's feathers are white in this version rather than blue. While this may have been intended to grant the puppet more visibility (his puppeteer manages to blend into the background, due to his dark clothing), it's worth mentioning that red-billed hornbills in real life are indeed white and grey in color rather than blue.
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* GenderFlip: The musical makes Rafiki a woman, since Julie Taymor felt that [[TheSmurfettePrinciple there weren't enough female characters]]. It doesn't hurt the story at all!

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* GenderFlip: The musical makes Rafiki a woman, female mandrill, since Julie Taymor felt that [[TheSmurfettePrinciple there weren't enough female characters]]. It doesn't hurt the story at all!

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