RECAPTURING POCAHONTAS FROM DISNEY.(LIFE)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: November 2, 1996| Author: Simpson, Doug | Copyright information

Byline: DOUG SIMPSON Staff Writer

A children's play presents a politically correct version of the life of Pocahontas.

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If you think of Pocahontas as a curvy babe in buckskins, get ready for a shock. The Indian princess is getting a makeover.

The new Pocahontas makes peace with Englishmen but doesn't make out with them. She wears long pants - not skin-tight miniskirts.

She's the politically correct heroine of "The Le...

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