The original ‘Lion King’ had a racist hyenas problem. The new film fixes that, with mixed results. In the original animated Lion King, the hyenas were depicted as crass lowlifes that many ...

In the original Lion King, the hyenas play a central role in Scar’s plan to overthrow Mufasa and Simba, yet their history with Scar is left untouched in the prequel.

“Finally The Lion King came, right on time.” After 20 years as an ensemble singer and in roles including Shenzi the hyena, she still loves performing eight shows a week, with only three weeks ...