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This is a cartoon. The specific species of various animals is neither specified (in the film or in sources) nor relevant. - SummerPhD v2.0 03:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
A few editors have been adding musical as a genre in the first sentence. I disagree that this film is a musical; if consensus develops against my opinion, I then suggest that it shouldn't belong in the first sentence. I am primarily relying on the policy WP:FILMLEAD.
FILMLEAD states that "Genre classifications should comply with WP:WEIGHT and represent what is specified by a majority of mainstream reliable sources." I am not well-informed on what sources are reliable when it comes to film, but I started with the top reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. First, I should say that RT itself does label this film a musical. However, of the first eight top reviews, only one describes Tarzan as a musical. Four of the sources specifically mention how the movie breaks away from Disney/broadway style musicals.
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Other evidence: one source currently in the article ( Animated Views in which the director is interviewed. It seems that maybe he and the reviewer are discussing Tarzan as a musical, but they are also mentioning ways in which it differs from musicals. Screen Rant calls it a non-musical. Chicago Tribune wrote a piece during production that details how the Disney execs and producers deliberately were trying to depart from the musical genre.
I am open to good-faith debate about this (mostly trivial) matter, but I believe the burden is on whoever adds "musical" to the article to justify that it is described often enough as such to belong in this article. Firefangledfeathers ( talk) 17:48, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Disney's Tarzan (video game) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 13:18, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Sjones23 can you explain why you restored the original? Banedon ( talk) 05:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
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This is a cartoon. The specific species of various animals is neither specified (in the film or in sources) nor relevant. - SummerPhD v2.0 03:05, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
A few editors have been adding musical as a genre in the first sentence. I disagree that this film is a musical; if consensus develops against my opinion, I then suggest that it shouldn't belong in the first sentence. I am primarily relying on the policy WP:FILMLEAD.
FILMLEAD states that "Genre classifications should comply with WP:WEIGHT and represent what is specified by a majority of mainstream reliable sources." I am not well-informed on what sources are reliable when it comes to film, but I started with the top reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. First, I should say that RT itself does label this film a musical. However, of the first eight top reviews, only one describes Tarzan as a musical. Four of the sources specifically mention how the movie breaks away from Disney/broadway style musicals.
Research on 8 reviews
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Found at Rotten Tomatoes "Top Critics"
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Other evidence: one source currently in the article ( Animated Views in which the director is interviewed. It seems that maybe he and the reviewer are discussing Tarzan as a musical, but they are also mentioning ways in which it differs from musicals. Screen Rant calls it a non-musical. Chicago Tribune wrote a piece during production that details how the Disney execs and producers deliberately were trying to depart from the musical genre.
I am open to good-faith debate about this (mostly trivial) matter, but I believe the burden is on whoever adds "musical" to the article to justify that it is described often enough as such to belong in this article. Firefangledfeathers ( talk) 17:48, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Disney's Tarzan (video game) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — RMCD bot 13:18, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Sjones23 can you explain why you restored the original? Banedon ( talk) 05:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)