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From: Hastings, Waller <hastingw>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:36:00 -0500
Well, I've refrained from taking part because I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, and it would take a while to pull together all the references. But really - Sayers's article, while good (I had it slotted for inclusion in a collection of Disney criticism I was compiling a few years back, which unfortunately fell through), is over 40 years old. There has been a HUGE amount of scholarship on Disney in the intervening decades - in particular, it has become almost an academic cottage industry over the past 10 years. If you are going to read the criticism, try for something a bit newer. Even my own article on *The Little Mermaid* ("Moral Simplification in Disney's *The Little Mermaid*, *Lion and Unicorn* 17, 1 (June 1993) 83-92)is showing gray hairs by now.
waller hastings northern state university aberdeen, sd 57401 hastingw at northern.edu
"I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." - Oliver Cromwell, to his enemies
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Horning Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:12 PM To: CCBC Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Disney
Here's the direct link to the Horn Book article Julie mentioned:
http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/article_disney.html
KT
Julie Cummins wrote:
> The bastardization of children's books by Disney has a long-standing
> history. I am compelled to share this eloquently written article with
> you, written by Frances Clarke Sayers, the second Coordinator of
> Children's Services at New York Public Library, following Anne Carroll
> Moore. You can locate the full article from The Horn Book home page
via
> "Archives;" It was published in the December 1965 issue.
>
> Don't miss reading this. And just to tease you, here's a choice
tidbit:
> "The acerbity of Mary Poppins, unpredictable, full of wonder and
> mystery, becomes with Mr. Disney's treatment, one great
> marshmallow-covered cream puff. He made a young tough of Peter Pan and
> transformed Pinocchio into a slapstick sadistic revel."
>
> The vast majority of the general public believes that Mr. Disney
penned
> all those wonderful stories but Frances Clarke Sayers, one of our
> pioneers of children's services, readily took him on. Enjoy the
article.
>
> Julie Cummins
> Former Coordinator of Children's Services - # 7
> The New York Public Library
>
>
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:36:00 -0500
Well, I've refrained from taking part because I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, and it would take a while to pull together all the references. But really - Sayers's article, while good (I had it slotted for inclusion in a collection of Disney criticism I was compiling a few years back, which unfortunately fell through), is over 40 years old. There has been a HUGE amount of scholarship on Disney in the intervening decades - in particular, it has become almost an academic cottage industry over the past 10 years. If you are going to read the criticism, try for something a bit newer. Even my own article on *The Little Mermaid* ("Moral Simplification in Disney's *The Little Mermaid*, *Lion and Unicorn* 17, 1 (June 1993) 83-92)is showing gray hairs by now.
waller hastings northern state university aberdeen, sd 57401 hastingw at northern.edu
"I beseech you in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." - Oliver Cromwell, to his enemies
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Kathleen Horning Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:12 PM To: CCBC Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Disney
Here's the direct link to the Horn Book article Julie mentioned:
http://www.hbook.com/exhibit/article_disney.html
KT
Julie Cummins wrote:
> The bastardization of children's books by Disney has a long-standing
> history. I am compelled to share this eloquently written article with
> you, written by Frances Clarke Sayers, the second Coordinator of
> Children's Services at New York Public Library, following Anne Carroll
> Moore. You can locate the full article from The Horn Book home page
via
> "Archives;" It was published in the December 1965 issue.
>
> Don't miss reading this. And just to tease you, here's a choice
tidbit:
> "The acerbity of Mary Poppins, unpredictable, full of wonder and
> mystery, becomes with Mr. Disney's treatment, one great
> marshmallow-covered cream puff. He made a young tough of Peter Pan and
> transformed Pinocchio into a slapstick sadistic revel."
>
> The vast majority of the general public believes that Mr. Disney
penned
> all those wonderful stories but Frances Clarke Sayers, one of our
> pioneers of children's services, readily took him on. Enjoy the
article.
>
> Julie Cummins
> Former Coordinator of Children's Services - # 7
> The New York Public Library
>
>
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