deddit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDisney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down118
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1message-squareDisney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.deddit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down5·1 month 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-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·1 month 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-up35·1 month agoYou forgot the peasants cheering the birth of their new predator
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoAlso the very much incest.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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.