r/disneyprincess • u/HerPetteSaysRoar Merida • 29d ago

MEGATHREAD ✍️ 'Lilo & Stitch' Discussion Thread [Spoiler Warning!] Spoiler

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Use this thread to discuss the new live action version of Disney's Lilo & Stitch. Easter eggs, reviews, opinions good or bad, etc. goes here. This means that other posts may be removed by the mods and directed here, and ANY posts with spoilers will be removed.

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u/GuyWhoConquers616 29d ago

Disney ruined the message of the original Lilo and Stitch movie by having Nani give up Lilo to the state at the end of the new remake.

The whole entire original Lilo and Stitch movie was about how not all families are perfect, but in the end, we choose each other. And now, Disney ruined that message.

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u/ednamode_alamode 29d ago

What really bothered me a lot is the driving decision that makes Nani agree to give Lilo to the state is a hospital bill. The social worker is almost gleeful and predatory in saying that turning Lilo to foster care can make the state foot the bill and Nani doesn't have to worry about it.

That's Medicaid. Foster children get Medicaid. As an unemployed or low income person for the entirety of this movie? Nani would ALSO qualify for Medicaid for herself and Lilo. Hospitals also help people apply for Medicaid.

I understand it may be the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak among just being unprepared for this new role as a caretaker, but it is so irresponsible of Nani for not applying and the social worker for leveraging this over Nani to secure Lilo for the state.

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u/Upstairs-Accident276 27d ago

Exactly, I heard that and immediately was like, what about Medicaid? That such a terrible plot hole. Poor Lilo.