Princess Jasmine, the only female character in Aladdin (1992), is a lot like Disney's other women.
But there is another very worrying thing about this movie, its racism.
Listen to some of the songs, for example:
"I come from a land.... where they cut off your ears if they don't like your face. It's barbaric, but hey, it's home."
RACISM: the belief that people of your race are better than people of other races
BARBARIC: violent and cruel
And look at the characters.
The evil characters, like Jafar, look very Arabic. On the other hand, Aladdin, the hero, looks and sounds like a fresh-faced American boy: his skin is much paler, and he asks people to call him 'Al', an American name, not an Arabic name.
FRESH-FACED: clean and innocent.
Something is PALER than something else if it is lighter-colored or whiter.
Of course, Disney does not intend to offend people - that would be bad business. Most people who watch the movies are probably caught up in the Disney magic and don't notice these things. But that's the problem. One way in which Disney creates the magic is by using stereotypes that people respond to without thinking. Aladdin looks 'right' for a hero; Jafar looks 'right' for a villain. We don't think about it.
If you are CAUGHT UP IN something, you are very involved and interested in it.
STEREOTYPE: a fixed image or idea of what a type of person is like.
By using quotation marks ['RIGHT' for a hero], the writer makes clear that she means this ironically.