The King and I - Nostalgia Critic 

"Siam is not so small!" "Oh but look-England's even smaller." *points to Scotland*

"We got a random letter, LET'S DESTROY A NATION!"- 19th century British imperial policy in a nutshell

Fun fact. 15 years before this version of "The King and I" came out, Miranda Richardson, who voices Anna, starred in a mini-series titled "A Woman of Substance." Her character's mother was played by none other than Deborah Kerr, who played Anna in the original 1956 version. In other words, there's a remote possibility that Deborah Kerr watched this animated atrocity out of curiosity to see how her on-screen daughter fared as Anna. Could you imagine her reaction?

"thank God the person this is based on is dead and has no estate to sue you because if they could they probably would" LMAOOOOO

Huh. Well, of course I had to do research on King Mongkut after NC said those things about historical inaccuracy, and...I don't think I care for Anna. Mongkut had already been big on Western culture AND human rights before she even came to town. He wouldn't have whipped that one woman, because he'd already allowed any concubines who wanted to leave and find love to do so. He also abolished forced marriages, meaning the women had just as much say as men. Hell, the man was a monk for twenty years after his right to be king had been stolen by popular vote of a bunch of nobles to some concubine's kid, not wanting to cause trouble by fighting for it. He established a new denomination of Buddhism. He learned English well, as did his brother, who he made Second King. He was a genius astronomer and not shabby with geography either, as he had claimed to know the earth was round years before the British teachers said so. He was super tolerant of English merchants in a time where it was not popular to be so. He had England on his side to fight for the throne, and would have won easily should it have come to that, as the previous king died before it did. Yeah, this guy was pretty accomplished, and definitely no brute. Then there's his son, Chulalongkorn, who succeeded him after he died. Chulalongkorn is who the eldest boy in the movie is supposed to be, and he was just as amazing as his dad, beloved by the Thailand people to this day. He did quite a few interesting things, but this is turning into an essay, so I'll cut to the chase. He abolished slavery. Not in some stupid way either, like "Welp, it's now illegal to have you here, so even though you don't have a house or even the shadow of a chance of getting a job, I don't want to pay you, so get off my lawn." He lessened the amount of time required to pay off a debt through labor, which was what their slavery was based on (commoners selling themselves to slavery was a normal thing), and gave them plenty of time to find alternate ways of living. You know why he did this? Because of news of the American Civil War and it's bloodshed. He knew the commoners were dissatisfied and didn't want a rebellion, especially since slavery was already obsolete after opening trade with other countries and lessening taxes on foreigners. Jobs and land were plenty. I'm digressing. You know who took credit for this? Frickin' Anna. In her book, she claims having him read Uncle Tom's Cabin influenced him into doing that. Mighty presumptuous of her, if you ask me. I'm Ichigoeater, and I research it so you don't have to! Uh...but maybe do it anyway. Different sources might say different things, so double check me if you like...or care...It's 5 in the morning. I'm going to bed now. Bye.

That wall gag. My god, truer depiction of a fandom has never been portrayed.

"I'd say lets adress the white elephant in the room but we don't need to, its one of the funny little sidekicks coming up" xD killed me

If Hamilton was directed by this people, Hamilton may reborn again after being shot for Burr, who would be a wizard. An evil wizard.

Whisteling and dancing helps against dragons? By the gods! The good people of Westeros have to know this before Daenerys arrives! :-P

"When there's a whip... there's a way" Damn you NC. Now I will have that catchy line stuck on my head for weeks.

If only whistling, sneezing, roaring, and eating mentos could stop evil. This world would be a better place.

Interesting fact about King Mongkut: He offered the president Lincoln Elephants to fight the Civil War.

did people really bitch about the wall?

Wonder which is the bigger insult to their respective historical base. This or the animated Titanic movie?

That skit of the sailors trying to ward off a dragon with whistling and twirling always cracks me up!

Rachel as Shakira will always kill me.

To be honest the British did go and destroy nations off less than a letter at times....

never noticed that the animation of 'the king and i' looks almost identical to 'the swan princess'

A panther ? They couldn't make it a tiger ? You know, an animal that can actually be found in south east asia.

If the people of Skyrim had known that the whistle was more powerful than the Shout of the Dragonborn, they would have saved a lot of nonsense and excuses for themselves!

"We got a random letter! Let's dESTROOOOY A NATION!!"

7:50 "And the King's eldest son, Liu Kang." That made me lol so bad. He says it so seriously, like it's just an evident fact that doesn't even need to be addressed.

BUT ROYALE PALACE IS CENTRE OF WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!

"I'm allergic to popcorn" For some reason I loved that joke.

He didn't talk about how the sidekick kept losing his teeth.

My friend once asked me who my favorite super hero was... I said Batman. She then asked my who my favorite villain is... I said the Master. She asked me who my favorite anti-hero is... I said Nostalgia Critic.

"The king's oldest son: Liu Kang!" You win everything!

0:37 Me: Let's talk a little history. My friends: *groans* Me: Shut up!! You gotta learn something!!

Holy shit, the Harlem Shake was two years ago? .....I have no words.

critic: lets talk a little history people:boo critic: SHUT UP YOU GOING TO LEARN SOMTHING!!!! yep thats how my school is

The slaughtering of Russel's singing abilities was brutal, accurate and hilarious!

Ok cool history time. My great great uncle is Borris Karlof aka the voice of the narrator in the Grinch Who Stole Christmas (he was also the original frankenstein). Then (Still on my fathers side) going back a couple generations is Aunty Anna Leonowens aka the governess herself. Not even an actress but the actual governess the story is based on is related to the grinch. And me So having nostalgia critic sing grinch songs in the king and i is hilarious

Wow, how did they get the REAL Shakira for this episode? :P

NC should really have more subscribers. He's a hidden RU-vid gem.

Song:”Getting to Know You” me:More Like”Getting to Know You,But we Can’t Because We’re Focusing on Some Lame Ass Clumsy Doofus”

I want a high fiving panther too

It's funny how Warner Bros was trying to be Disney in the 90s. Disney makes great animated adaptations of old stories while Warner tried the same and failed a lot.

Oh I got a letter implicating the Siamese king in something. Before I set off to dethrone him without any authority, I'll throw it overboard so the author can deny every having written it. That should make my treason trial go MUCH quicker.

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the loosest adaptation of them all" "The Legend of the Titanic" "Whoa Shit! We are definitely not going that far!" "That was the one with the rapping dog right?" "No this was the one with the magic moonbeam tears and a save the Whales message"

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the loosest adaptation of them all?" Mirror: It's this one without a doubt, seeing how Rankin-Bass shat this shit out. (Also Rachel's Shakirah voice is amazing XD)

I was amazed at how good the russell crowe imitation was. Well done

I enjoyed the musical, but I hadn't known it was a book or that it was BASED on real events. I thought it was just a play.

"we got a random letter. LET'S DESTROY A NATION!" lol that never gets old 😂

When he said "you need some Adderall" I thought he said "you need some other role" and honestly, both make sense.

Man, I can't believe people really bitched about the friggin wall.

Pretty sure that The Little Mermaid is danish.

I haven't heard this much controversy over a wall since Trump's election

There's something off about the Rankin/Bass+Warner bros animation. You can see how gorgeous the animation in Swan Princess, Quest for Camelot, and Iron Giant are just by looking at them. Rankin and Bass have actually made a gorgeous movie before in The Last Unicorn(fun fact, Topcraft, whoch worked with them on TLU later disolved and a lot of the animators joined Ghibli as it was starting up) but combine Rankin/Bass' stilted animation style with the art design of Warner Bros and it makes for an unescessarily uncanny film. I do not like looking at this movie lol

that grinch song was amazing

Almost forgot about the Harlem Shake...

9:58 Rachels delivery snd timing is so good in this scene. Really miss her

"I must save her so I can give her proper whipping !" Dead 😂😂

I LOVED this movie as a kid, I had it on VHS and played it ALL the time, it was one of my favorites! Granted, I was a kid and didn't understand how racist it was, nor did I know there was a history behind it (I honestly thought that it was an entirely original story before seeing this video), but it brought me a lot of joy when I was little, some of those clips hit my nostalgia centers HARD. Looking back, I do acknowledge and appreciate that it's objectively not very good and VERY historically inaccurate and insensitive, but I loved it when I was young enough to be a member of the target audience, so in some strange, twisted way, it must have done something right in some sense.

I'm surprised he never made a joke about "Peter Griffin's The King and I" in this review.

"Dragons! I can make dragons! Give me all your shit!" Why does this crack me up?

17:15 I legit sneezed right when he said that and I can’t stop laughing

XD I couldn't stop laughing at that depiction of Russel Crowe!

"We caught a random letter - let's destroy a nation!!" Instant classic :D

"Why'd you say Burma?" "I panicked." Freakin' love Monty Python...

The little mermaid is Danish, not English x'D

7:51 Liu Kang? REALLY?! They named the King's eldest son after a MORTAL KOMBAT CHARACTER?!?!?!?! WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

Why is "England" on that map the British Isles? It doesn't even make sense of the British Empire is meant, since at the time that would have been much, much bigger than Siam. ...also The Little Mermaid is not English. (Of course, this episode was made before Disney got its hands on Andersen's *other* book...)

6:34 I love how even the dragon is looking at her like "what the actual fuck are you doing?"

Why does Kralahome remind me of a D- Tzekel-Kan from The Road to El Dorado?

She says England but what is highlighted is England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

"How dare it portray history so poorly in this watered down family friendly version." *looks at literally every other history/fable based family animation.*

18:19 Pretty coincidental that The King and I is distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.

I like the play better :) It was clever, the actors were amazing and it was fast paced unlike the old musical which dragged. They had a tonne of kids, like it was about 20! The sets were fantastic, and the costumes were amazing. This felt kinda offensive, the plot of the King and I was about how the english thought other nations were primitive no matter the social standing because they didn't understand their customs. It was coming of age story for a nation and for the son, who didn't fall in love with the servant but was afraid to take over for his father because he was a 'great man'. This story highlighted how different Europe and Asia was and people must give and take to make settlers feel welcome and settlers must accept customs in a land they are moving too (in the adaptation the King and I) the original novel was.....well it was written for a time.

And I quote: "Drrragons! I CAN MAKE DRAGONS!..now give all your shit"😂😂😂

The attempted murder of a monarch: Shoveling elephant shit. Royal son gives a servant he's fallen in love with a royal pendant... "WHIP TILL DEATH!"

The map doesn't quite make sense. Like if we are taking about England as in one of the divisions of the UK, yes its smaller than Siam aka Thailand. But the whole of the UK of Britain (and Ireland which didn't leave until 1920, years after the story is set in) I believe is either almost the same size or bigger than Siam aka Thailand I believe (maybe by area). It sure was if you count the empire it had at the time. That's only the tip of the iceberg on how messed up that map is and inaccurate.

Admit it, who thought that when they first saw the thumbnail that the NC was reviewing the original Rodger's and Hammerstein's King and I?

Nobody gave their slaves death by torture for sex. The economics of that wouldn't make sense. Whipped? That would definitely happen. But whipped till death? LOL, no. Slaves are expensive. That "till death" line wasn't in the play. Movies are over dramatizing slavery. Just sayin.

10:25 why is that "Thai woman" wearing a Japanese kimono?

As a 6 year old watching this for the first time the Prince/servant romance hit me like Fight Club hit college guys when it first came out

"Why does he have a sidekick in this version?' *disney plus add plays*

17:10 *sneezes* 17:14 wow, my sneeze was timed so perfectly

BRING BACK THE OLD WALL! there i quoted the video you just watched where is my cookie?

the little mermaid was created by a danish author

4:40 i'll cleverly convince her that our king is a *BARBAARIAAAN!*

Gerard Butler's Nursery Rhymes still kills me every time XD

you know what...from all this video all I got is that the popcorn wall was really cool

2:43 nostalgia critic: "PULL!!!!!" Also Nostalgia Critic: *gun fire's at book.*

Remember, everytime the wizard changes clothes between takes, a wizard did it....wait.

Who-Who-Who !!

EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE HARLEM CAKE! Also it's ironic that after his rant about the wall he started lighting the wall differently (it's still a white wall but he started using a blue cooling light)

LOVE Doug's Kralahome musical-style song! He once again proved his talent in that field! ^^ And that Where there's A Whip, There's a Way input. GENIOUS! XD

If the villain hurt Anna’s son he would wish a dragon got him.

20:60 - So I guess that would make it a CAT scan? No? I'll see myself out.

"Nostalgia Critic: The kinga and I"? I will not blame on you Doug, everyone makes mistakes!

You're right Critic - 'Where there's a whip, there's a way' is exactly what was needed there.

This was the first ever Nostalgic Critic episode. And to this day, can’t stop watching it. ❤️

The "we got a random letter, let's destroy a nation" was probably the British Empire's foreign policy

can you review Anastasia

The Monty Python sketch with the penguin on the telly (the one where Graham says "Burma") is one of my favorites

I've watched this review a few times now and the Kralahome song is pure gold, but Gerard Butler singing lullabies always makes me lose it 😂😂😂

Does anyone else notice the character liu Kang look like the liu Kang from mortal combat?

First Liu Kang and then Tsang Shung? 2 Mortal Kombat references at once

12:17 I pay more attention to whether or not he changes jacket every no and then

"We got a random letter, LET'S DESTROY A NATION!" lol