Because since the 1990's we now know how aggressive female hyena's are and that they're the pack leaders. Oh, and they kill male lions all the time. Many even have a pseudo-penis (which the movie didn't include, thank goodness). Just throwing this out there.
shareWas "Shenzi" even in the original? I don't recall seeing ANY female hyenas in the original.
Shenzi is in the original played by Whoopi Goldberg.
shareOh, OK. I thought Shenzi was a new female character, to make up Disney's "diversity quota" and all of that bullshit.
How do you not know who Shenzi is?she the only original hyena in the reboot
shareThe three Hyenas are quite prominent in the original; Whoopi Goldberg as Shenzi, Cheech Marin as Banzai, and Jim Cummings as Ed. Ed never says a signal word but laughs all the time and communicates everything through those crazed laughs and looks.
They all were well cast and expertly acted in the original.
Shenzi is from the cartoon original. Diversity and feminism did have something to do with expanding the character but also as I mentioned the behavior of Hyena's which the first film didn't get ''right''. Girls rule in Hyena society.
shareYes, because having one female hyena is definitely about diversity. If that's your immediate thought, you have some issues.
Seriously how do you not remember her in the original?
Shenzi was kind of the hyena leader in the original movie too.
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