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In this column, we deliver hot (and cold) takes on pop culture, judging whether a subject is overrated or underrated.

The Lion King is often considered the greatest animated movie of all time. You have to admire the ambition of turning Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Hamlet (a 400-year-old play where virtually every character dies a horrible death) into a cartoon musical for kids.

A large part of the film’s success is an iconic soundtrack composed by the legendary Elton John and Tim Rice. Can You Feel the Love Tonight won an Oscar; I Just Can’t Wait to Be King and Hakuna Matata are modern classics. The stage show based on the film is the highest-grossing musical in Broadway history.

By comparison, The Lion King ’s 1998 sequel is … far less be

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