Twenty Years Later, Is 'The Emperor's New Groove'... A Classic?

Stephen Thompson, Aisha Harris,Glen Weldon

Pop Culture Happy Hour November 25, 2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/23/937948440/twenty-years-later-is-the-emperors-new-groove-a-classic

https://play.podtrac.com/510282/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/pchh/2020/11/20201125_pchh_pchh_201125_emperor_s_new_groove_final.mp3

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/937948440

The Emperor's New Groove came out 20 years ago, during a time when Disney's animation department was going through an identity crisis. The plot is simple: David Spade is a bratty emperor. Eartha Kitt and Patrick Warburton turn him into a llama. And John Goodman is the peasant who helps make things right. It was originally gonna be an epic musical, but then it became a comedy, a box-office disappointment, and now, we would argue, a beloved classic.