Sometimes You Just Have to Take a Risk
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Sometimes You Just Have to Take a Risk refers to a memorable scene from 2019 Disney film Aladdin in which titular character jumps off the palace balcony. Online, the scene has appeared in humorous edits on YouTube.
Origin
On May 7th, 2019, Walt Disney Studios YouTube channel uploaded a scene from upcoming musical fantasy film Aladdin in which character Aladdin jumps off the palace balcony onto his magic carpet below.[1] The video gained over 2.2 million views in four weeks.
- Who said anything about a door?
- What are you doing?
- Sometimes, princess… Sometimes you just have to take a risk.
- What just happened?
On May 25th, 2019, Twitter user @MattPostSaysHi edited a version of the scene in which the film cuts to the credits just after Aladdin jumps off the balcony. The tweet received more than 25,000 likes and 4,500 retweets in less than one year (shown below).
Has anyone made this joke yet pic.twitter.com/dym2Cb5KfK
— Matt Will Post (@MattPostSaysHi) May 25, 2019
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On May 28th, 2019, YouTube user Nikjay uploaded a humorously edited version of the video to the platform, with the video gaining over 125,500 views in three days.[2] On the same day, Redditor plowkiller posted the video to /r/youtubehaiku subreddit, where it gained over 10,500 upvotes in three days.[3]
In the following days, more edits of the scene were posted to YouTube and Reddit, with notable versions made by users Yntelligence,[4] alex the mediocre[5] and dude memes.[6]
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[1] YouTube – Disney's Aladdin – 'A Whole New World' Film Clip
[2] YouTube – Sometimes you just have to take a risk
[3] Reddit – [Poetry] I don't know about you guys but I think this new live action Aladdin looks pretty great
[4] YouTube – Now I'd smash | Aladdin
[5] YouTube – Aladdin Jasmine Magic Carpet Ride Scene – ALADDIN (2019) Movie Clip HD
[6] YouTube – Sometimes Princess, You Just Have To Take A Stock
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