deddit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDisney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.message-squaremessage-square169linkfedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down117
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1message-squareDisney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.deddit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square169linkfedilink
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down5·3 months agoWhile this is a good narrative to make about Disney if we want to hate on them, it’s not true though. The Disney movies for kids is almost all about not maintaining status quo and actually challenge it. Or being different than anyone else Frozen and Moana are recent examples. Pirates of Caribbean for an older audience. There’s many more.
minus-squareWanderingThoughtslinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·3 months agoDisney kids movies aren’t about super heroes usually. But even Lion King is how you can’t escape adult responsibilities and have to continue the cycle.
minus-squareKami@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 months agoYou forgot the peasants cheering the birth of their new predator
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoAlso the very much incest.
minus-squareWanderingThoughtslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoWhat I see from farmers and the current usa president in my feed, that part was actually damn close to the truth.
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThat’s true, every movie takes on something different. But then again there’s Pocahontas that came out at the same time that tackles racism and the importance of nature.
While this is a good narrative to make about Disney if we want to hate on them, it’s not true though.
The Disney movies for kids is almost all about not maintaining status quo and actually challenge it. Or being different than anyone else
Frozen and Moana are recent examples. Pirates of Caribbean for an older audience. There’s many more.
Disney kids movies aren’t about super heroes usually. But even Lion King is how you can’t escape adult responsibilities and have to continue the cycle.
You forgot the peasants cheering the birth of their new predator
Also the very much incest.
What I see from farmers and the current usa president in my feed, that part was actually damn close to the truth.
Shiiiit…
That’s true, every movie takes on something different.
But then again there’s Pocahontas that came out at the same time that tackles racism and the importance of nature.