And they saturate the media environment, particularly in children’s entertainment. If you have a political agenda, you’d be crazy to ignore the channel that is synonymous with child advertisement. The morals and attitudes espoused by Disney characters regularly shape perceptions of their viewers into adulthood.
So the goal of Disney Executives is to keep things bland and superficial and inoffensive as possible, to the point where critics (particularly conspiracy-minded ones) really need to wade into deep water to find anything resembling offensive content. You can watch Pocahontas and never really develop an opinion on colonialism. You can watch Robin Hood and Lion King without shaking your views on Monarchy one way or another. You can enjoy Frozen or Moana without challenging yourself on feminism.
It’s all just a beautiful magical carnival of adventures. Empty head put happy story in, slide over perfectly smooth brain, come out as laughter.
And they saturate the media environment, particularly in children’s entertainment. If you have a political agenda, you’d be crazy to ignore the channel that is synonymous with child advertisement. The morals and attitudes espoused by Disney characters regularly shape perceptions of their viewers into adulthood.
So the goal of Disney Executives is to keep things bland and superficial and inoffensive as possible, to the point where critics (particularly conspiracy-minded ones) really need to wade into deep water to find anything resembling offensive content. You can watch Pocahontas and never really develop an opinion on colonialism. You can watch Robin Hood and Lion King without shaking your views on Monarchy one way or another. You can enjoy Frozen or Moana without challenging yourself on feminism.
It’s all just a beautiful magical carnival of adventures. Empty head put happy story in, slide over perfectly smooth brain, come out as laughter.
Truly, the modern Opiate of the Masses.