Talk:Gigantic/@comment-13112974-20141004144011/@comment-1672596-20141022231917

I heard about the Greeks and Chinese not liking Hercules and Mulan, respectively. Though to be honest, I'm actually surprised BATB did relatively decent in France, especially when that was set in France, not to mention changed much more of the original tale (which is apparently a cultural icon of France) than even Jean Cocteau's version (I remember hearing that Cocteau's version wasn't particularly popular when it was released largely due to how they changed the Beast's character).

And if Giants takes place in Italy, I think it will be, what, the second, maybe third time if we count Aladdin, that the setting was actually changed from the original tale (Aladdin, although written by Arabs, was technically set in China, so it was first, and the second was Princess and the Frog, otherwise known as the Frog Prince. I'm not sure of the specific setting or tale origin of The Frog Prince, but I can tell you it certainly wasn't in America, much less New Orleans, Louisiana)? I'm pretty sure Jack and the Beanstalk was set in England, due to the Giant explicitly referring to Jack as an Englishman in his famous "Fe Fi Fo Fum" speech. Most Disney films, if they indicate a setting, imply that its the same place as either the original fairytales or at least the place the fairytales were first written (eg, Snow White and Rapunzel are German [well, technically Snow White's Bulvarian and Rapunzel's Coronan, but they still make up what later became known as Germany], Cinderella and Belle are French, Anna and Elsa are Norwegian, Mulan's Chinese, Pocahontas is Native American, and Ariel's implied to be Danish after she became human and married Eric).