00:00Scar's song, Be Prepared, was originally intended to be much darker and much longer.
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00:07When Disney develops The Lion King, be prepared and think like a real political speech.
00:11In the early storyboards, Scar does more than just convince the hyenas to follow him.
00:16He develops his project much further: to take control of the land of lions.
00:20to establish their own order and use the hyenas as a veritable army.
00:24Several verses were written, then abandoned.
00:26They also produced drawings that showed a military march much longer than the one seen in the film.
00:33As production progressed, however, the directors felt that the sequence slowed the pace and made
00:39Scar talks too much.
00:40They therefore decided to shorten the song and focus all attention on the most striking images.
00:46The parade of hyenas, the play of shadows and the spectacular staging.
00:50Years later, the musical The Lion King reintroduced several elements that had disappeared from the film.
00:56Scar benefits from a much more significant development there, particularly thanks to the song "La Folie du Roi" (The King's Madness).
01:01Scar.
01:02It is written specifically for Broadway, which delves deeper into its psychology.
01:06But the archives show that you should be prepared.
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