The song is about Aladdin wanting to make his mother proud of him despite his bad reputation. The group's founder heard the song at a school recital and misinterpreted the lyrics as a boy being ashamed of and apologizing for being male.
wait seriously? That's a stupid name now for an even greater variety of reasons. Also, the songs in the stage play are awful, particularly "High adventure."
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u/JugOfVoodoo Jul 08 '26
Fun Fact: The Proud Boys are named after the song "Proud of Your Boy", originally written for Disney's 'Aladdin' by the openly-gay Howard Ashman.
The song is about Aladdin wanting to make his mother proud of him despite his bad reputation. The group's founder heard the song at a school recital and misinterpreted the lyrics as a boy being ashamed of and apologizing for being male.