The Sweatbox

A fascinating and depressing deep look into the peephole of the dirtier side of Disney animation and how inconsistent business practices can drag down the moral of exploited animators and completely transform their creations into something completely different (even if that new movie is arguably better when you see what it costed). Don't get me wrong. I love "The Emperor's New Groove", but I feel bad for all the original directors, writers, and animators that poured so much love into their original vision for "Kingdom of the Sun". A much more dramatic and ambitious movie with such a grand scale and more faithful homage to Mesoamerican culture. "Snuff Out the Light" is easily the greatest Disney song to never see the light of day and just one of the best villain songs in general. So damn catchy and sinister with jazz lounge music that blends surprisingly well with the more traditional Peruvian instruments. Thank God for Sting's wife getting to videotape the behind-the-scenes or else we'd be lost to this raw unfiltered look into the hardships of making a Disney movie come to life.