Essays on Disney

Since the 20th century, America has been subject to waves of feminism, from the suffrage movement to the Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1970s. This increasing demand for equality in America stemmed an increasing demand for positive female role models in film, specifically films aimed...

Introduction: By the age of three, children are racially aware and already performing prejudices. (Nigel Benson, 2012) Disney has had a long history of making entertaining movies aimed at children, but during that time, did we notice the racial and disability stereotypes within the movies?...

In this New age, there is proposition how each gender should conduct oneself, dress, and accord themselves. Kids that are growing up in the area have a person that thinks is superhuman. For young girls, their role models are Disney princesses. Disney princesses make great...

Women facing discrimination, being treated differently and getting underestimated have been issues I face throughout my life because the society drew and forced a standard and shallow way a woman should live. A girl is born to please the society, but the society will remain...

The Disney studios brought us our childhood, films from Mary Poppins to The Lion King, Dumbo to the old school Treasure Planet, but more iconically; the Disney Princess line. From the OG Cinderella to the more recent Vanellope, princesses or female characters of similar status...

The cartoon fantasy gives us an understanding of life from start to finish. We all re-watch our childhood cartoon shows and movies, but do we appreciate its final conclusion where it’s the same happy ending. In Sarah Boxer’s article “Why Are All The Cartoon Mothers...

The Disney film Aladdin is a classic. There is no doubt that it is a film the vast majority of the population has seen. No matter what age you are, you have encountered something to do with this film at one point of your life....

The Golden Age (1937-1942) The Golden Era created a new genre of film. Up until now animation was generally seen as a novelty marketed to children. It was comical, with shorts first having no sound or colour it relied on heavy expressions of the characters...

Disney Animation and their films are a huge part of the entertainment industry in America. Their influence and reach on children stretches throughout years and has many avenues to influence not just with movies but through clothing, games, and toys. Disney has been around for...

The Walt Disney franchise was founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Roy and Walt Disney. The franchise had somewhat of slow start up until the mid thirties. By 1934 Disney productions wanted to take animation a step further than any other production company. Therefore,...

Everyone has the right to get an insight about the real meaning of their life with a purpose to be happy in the adulthood phase, for which he learns to comprehend the world he is surrounded with in order to get himself integrated socially. However,...

With the first generation of Disney Princess movies, the manifestation and establishment of several female archetypes is distinctly obvious. These archetypes can each be defined by several similar properties, which can be analyzed according to whether they are physical attributes or personal characteristics. Such archetypes...

Little girls have grown up worshipping these perfectly illustrated young women on their TV screen. As much as there are great lessons behind Disney movies; the Disney Princesses were not great role models for young girls. They generated an illusion—a fantasy world for girls that...

There are 7.5 billion people in the world, but only few can take the initiative to be a leader amongst many followers. One leader that I have learned quite a bit about over the last couple years is a man who has made dreams come...

Noticing Gender “Gender is the structure of social relations that centers on the reproductive arena, and the set of practices that bring reproductive distinctions between bodies into social processes.” (Connell, Chapter 1, 2009). Unfortunately, gender involves also hierarchy, where we examine inequality in terms of...

The movie Lion King produced by Walt Disney pictures provides a number of key instances which invoke memories in the bible in the manner the story line has been developed which makes it easier to relate to a number of verses in the bible. The...

Zootopia, the 2016 animation Disney masterpiece, is the perfect symbolism of the modern myth about a contemporary multiethnic society, where all the animals, prays and predators, live together in peace, in a perfectly functioning society where each animal has its place in economy, politics and...

Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” and Disney’s 1989 film adaptation differ in a multitude of notable ways, from key elements of plot to those of character. Perhaps the most distinct difference, aside from the highly contrasting endings, is the characterization of...

Children gain an understanding of the concept of sex and gender from a very young age, as early as eighteen months. This is a learnt process through cognitive recognition of the permanency of boyness or girlness – referred to as gender concept. These learnt concepts...

In fact, the world divided for the time before the release of the cartoon “The Lion King” in 1994 and the world that changed after the cartoon “The Lion King” – yes, it was a real revolution that changed all of us. And I well...

Word animation originally derives from the word “animare”, which comes from ancient Greece and means “to put breath into something without”. Nowadays, animation is everywhere around us: people use it for entertainment and education, advertising and gaming, simulations and different visualizations. Basic idea behind animation...

The new-found success at Disney Co. is mainly attributable to the change of leadership from a structural style in Eisner to a combination of Human resources and symbolic styles in Iger. Although Eisner saw much success with Disney during his 20-year tenure, his style of...

They started regularising and incorporating songs into scenes. Songs drive the plot forward (Broadway centric music), Protagonist were more active in wanting achieve their goals. The Disney Formula (Introduction usually through song, setting the scene immerse the audience, Want Song, overlays what the protagonist wants,...

Walt Disney once said, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. ” When Walt and Roy founded Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio back in 1923, they never dreamed of the countless lives their company would touch. Sisodia, Sheth, and Wolfe discuss that one of the...

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has been a great stock this year so far, however, some investors in the company, haven’t been too excited because, over a certain period, DIS stock has drop about 9%, while the wider market has grew about 30% over last...

On October 8th, 2016, just three days after the New York Times published a report which detailed extensive allegations of abuse and harassment by Harvey Weinstein, he was fired by the board of directors, though he still retained an ownership of the company. After the...

Ever heard the sonorous singing voice in the Disney animated movie known as Hercules? Well the face behind the booming voice belongs to Hollywood actor and singer Roger Bart who has been described as an actor of great poise and grandeur who has under his...

“Once upon a time….” the ideal beginning that conceives every child to know there will be a happy ending in a story. Fantasy is a gift that is given to us as a child and is lost as an adult, what we do not realize...

The major factors that contributed to EuroDisney’s poor performance was the lack of market research and cultural awareness. EuroDisney was built just like American Disney parks, without giving though to cultural differences. American characters were used, instead of French cartoon characters. Disney banned alcohol in...

101 Dalmatians When someone mentions 101 Dalmatians almost everyone knows exactly what you’re talking about. 101 Dalmatians was one of the most popular Disney movies ever. It came out in 1961, and the two loving dogs Pongo and Perdita tugged at everyone’s heart strings. The...