Feb 14, 2020
Editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle welcome Samuel Lively, a Christian teacher and the author of Trojan Mouse: How Disney is Winning the Culture War. He has a MFA in Screenwriting and worked briefly in Hollywood. Kyle and Ethan discuss with Samuel Lively how Disney is infiltrating our homes and revolting against historical cultural norms as they analyze a slew of Disney films.
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Hidden Political Agenda in Disney films
-Sleeping Beauty claims women are lazy
-7 Dwarves: ableism, mocking disability
-Fox and the Hound - Clearly a Fox News reference
-Bambi - nuff said
-Cinderella - anti-woman, lies to get women to wear glass slippers and cut their feet
-Peter Pan encourages kids to snort pixie dust and take an acid trip to never never land
-Alice in Wonderland - Do drugs.
-Brother Bear - Bear propaganda
-Little Mermaid - Men love women when they shut up
-Jungle Book - Fathers can be replaced by bears
- Finding Nemo - it is a sin to eat delicious salmon sashimi
- Cars - Buy a Prius
- Tangled - Women with long hair are problematic
- Aladdin - Stealing apples is OK if you sing a Broadway song while running away from the city guards
Topics Discussed
Sam Lively’s story. Who is he? Where is he from? How did you start thinking about the topic of your book?
The culture war and how Disney is winning it
Cultural Commies
Children’s movies being a vehicle for transmitting worldviews and narratives
History of Disney (Golden, Silver, Dark Ages, Renaissance, Today)
Expansion and acquisitions
1937-1942 The Golden Age - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi
1943-1949 The Wartime Era - Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, The Adventures of Icabod and Mr. Toad
1950-1959 The Silver Age - Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book
1970-1988 The Bronze Age - The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver and Company
The Disney Renaissance 1989-1999 - The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan
Post Renaissance Era 2000-2009 - Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo and Stitch, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt
The Revival Era 2010-Present - Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6
Pixar -- counterfeit revival?
Live action remakes
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