[This article was originally published on July 29, 2012, and has been revised and expanded numerous times since then, most recently in December 2019.] After Star Wars became a blockbuster success in 1977, it came as very little surprise that…
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Advance Perspective: Disney’s Frozen Defies Expectations
I had the opportunity to see an early screening of Disney’s upcoming animated movie, slated for a Thanksgiving release. “Frozen” is the first Disney animated feature directed by a woman — Jennifer Lee. Despite this fact, I was a little…
Oz the Great and Powerful and Jack the Giant Slayer: Two Movies That Pass the Bechdel Test — and yet…
Warning: this post contains spoilers for the movies “Oz the Great and Powerful” and “Jack the Giant Slayer.” The Bechdel Test was named for artist Alison Bechdel, who popularized a simple rule in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. The…
Pop Culture Library: Disney’s Song Of The South, Star Trek Unauthorized, Doctor Who Memories
Who’s Afraid Of The Song Of The South? (And Other Forbidden Disney Stories) by Jim Korkis (Theme Park Press, 2012) This new book by Jim Korkis (a sequel of sorts to his essential The Vault Of Walt) is a welcome…
Coming Soon: Winnie The Pooh.
Later this year, Disney is releasing a new Winnie The Pooh theatrical feature, and the more I see leading up to it, the more excited I am. A new poster was released last week, and like the first two (and…
Stuck In My Head: “The Cannibal Song”
Man, kids’ entertainment used to be so much… Edgier. Creepier. Just plain weirder. I’m currently obsessing over “The Cannibal Song”, a insanely catchy little ditty from Walt Disney’s Addition And Subtraction. This was an educational record from 1963, and the…