Walt Disney's company grew into an empire of unimaginable reach. If you go to any part of the world, I guarantee that anyone you ask, it doesn't matter what language they speak, how older they are, where they are from, if you say "Disney" they are going to know exactly what you are talking about. While everyone knows Disney as an empire or corporation, not everyone knows a lot about the man who started it all. Davis aimed in her article to examine Disney's views on woman and femininity. But there's something that is mentioned in her piece that caught my eye. Quoting an old employee of Disney, "Dick Huemer...claimed that Walt’s ‘first consideration was what a person could contribute to the studio or the product. . . . I think he would have used the Devil himself if he was a great animator" (217)
That quote brought up a controversial topic of what kind of man Walt Disney was. Work with the devil, if he was a great animator, its a pretty funny statement but is it false. Earlier in the semester I read a piece by Jack Zipes entitled Breaking the Disney Spell. This described Disney's rise to fame and how he managed to stay on top. In the Zipes article I noticed that Disney was often selfish when it came to accepting credit. While many artists worked with Disney on several of his projects, Disney was the one to gain the fame. I am not saying that Disney was a jerk, but what I am saying is its interesting to look at a corporation thats entire core is based on stories and films about honesty, justice, innocence, purity, selflessness, and heroics. I think naturally, people like do imagine Disney as a great, loving, innocent man who wanted to bring joy to children.
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