Every film and short television adaptation of the story of the story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves that he finds has changed the story in some way. Even staged productions have to make some changes. This is because of the audiences.
Most of these productions are targeting children (especially the animated films and television shorts), so they have to bring the violence down a few notches. In the original story, for example, there’s a scene where a man’s body is shown hanging outside the entrance to the cave, cut into four pieces. The killing is described in the story.
What child wouldn’t have nightmares after seeing that? A true to the original story adaptation would most likely have a PG-13 or R rating for