Dissecting Disney
By Yasmin Abdul Razak, Elena Tan
Dissecting DisneyJul 03, 2020
Who Was Walt Disney?
A sexist, racist and anti-Semite? These are some pretty serious allegations! We figure out what kind of person Disney was through discussing a rejection letter to a female animator, horrible Jewish caricature in 3 Little Pigs and portrayal of black actors in Disney movies when he was still alive.
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Sources:
Meryl Streep slams Walt Disney as a racist, sexist and more, Entertainment.ie
Fact-Checking the Age-Old Rumors of Walt Disney’s Dark Side, Vulture
Economic antisemitism, Wikipedia
Leni Riefenstahl, Wikipedia
Kristallnacht, Wikipedia
Disney's rejection letter to female artist from 1938 shows what a big old bunch of sexists they were, Digital Spy
The Song of the South (Racial Discrimination), Youtube
Are The Crows In Dumbo Really That Racist?, Lifehacker
The Racist History of Peter Pan’s Indian Tribe, Smithsonian
Peter Pan Is the Boy Who Never Stopped Being Racist, Fatherly
Family Dynamics, Morality & Mediocrity in The Incredibles (2004)
Ever noticed how Mr Incredible was kind of a poor father figure for some parts of The Incredibles? We didn't until we were older! From not helping out Helen to parent their kids to lying about losing his job, he certainly wasn't a role model all the way through the movie. We discuss how The Incredibles actually portrayed realistic family lives (minus the superpowers) such as parents fighting, sibling relationships and settling down after marriage.
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Sources:
‘The Incredibles’ and the Myth of the Ideal Family, America Magazine
Dad Grades: Mr. Incredible From The Incredibles, The Dad
The Incredibles’ incredible focus on the family, The Dissolve
The slippery politics of The Incredibles and other superheroes, The Dissolve
Being Super in Suburbia Is No Picnic, The New York Time
Incredible propaganda, The Guardian
PHILOSOPHY - Nietzsche, The School of Life
Sleeping Beauty Untold
Frozen: Why People Couldn't Let It Go
Feminism in The Princess & The Frog (2009): Part 2
Black Representation in The Princess & The Frog (2009): Part 1
Chinese Representation in Mulan (1998)
Representation: Aladdin (1992)
Drugs, Monarchy, and Adolescence: what is Alice in Wonderland?
Did Snow White Invent Pretty Privilege?
Did Belle Have Stockholm Syndrome?