We have watched Disney's Aladdin so many times, thanks to my daughter that playback of teh movie stutters sometimes. Worse still, the wifely person and I can now sing the songs from it on cue, and often have them stuck in our heads as earworms.
An interesting observation though, is that obviously none of the characters in the movie have an interest or background in legal work. They were presented with the dilemma of Ali wanting to marry Princess Jasmine but can't because Princess J can only marry a prince. She is also obligated under law to marry before her 18th or 19th birthday.
Now this is towards the end of the show now, and Ali only has 1 more wish from the lamp. As stated earlier, he can't wish for more wishes (amongst other provisos like not being able to kill, make someone fall in love, or raise anyone from the dead). Being the good person that he is, Ali wanted to wish Genie free.
What happened in the show was that he did set Genie free with his last wish, and the Sultan (Jasmine's father) promptly changed the law so that the Princess could marry whoever she wished. This is just silly, since he could have changed the law that requires her to marry before her birthday, then the happy couple will not be under any pressure to get together. LOL
This convinient changing of the law is actually quite inconvinient legally since it sets a dangerous precedent and hence, people in the legal profession are usually loath (unless it is flawed) to changes in the law. Instead, the simple workaround is for Ali to wish he was a Prince, marry Jasmine, hand the lamp to her (as a wedding present?) and get her to wish Genie free (after 2 free wishes, might as well not waste it afterall Birkin bags are hard to come by). Problem solved!
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