What a mess! The idea to animate this musical play and musical film classic was retrograde to begin with as in "why?" but the Disney-ized result is pathetically bad. The king is a cipher - there is no tension between he and Anna and the main themes of tolerance/intolerance are brushed over. Chulalongkorn is no longer a boy but a young man, replacing Lun Tha as Tuptim's love interest (their love is no longer treason, it's simply an inconvenience). The Kralahome is now the embodiment of evil with a comical assistant. Only eight numbers are retained and most of these are throw-aways (SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT I THINK OF YOU? is a fragment- only the very beginning and end of the song are sung) and I do not consider Barbra Streisand singing a medley of songs not in the film over the end title to make much sense. Gone are: the President Lincoln/Elephant scene; the Small House of Uncle Thomas Ballet; Lun Tha; "snow" - the King does not die and the young lovers end happily in each other's arms. There is no pathos, no tension, no balance, nothing. Shame on Bert Fink and the R&H Organization for letting this happen: matching this to their recent ill-conceived filming of the team's CINDERELLA for an international cast makes it seem as if the Organization is dead set on destroying the reputation of the men it stands for. Avoid this one.