Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The Many Flaws of Disney's Animation

I was asked to explore the odd nature of Disney animation. To be specific, why Goofy and Pluto are both dogs (seemingly in the same franchise) but one has more human-like qualities than the other. As well as, why Donald Duck is able to parade around town in nothing but a shirt and hat but feels the need to cover his lower body when leaving the shower. In response, I have decided to cover the general oddities regarding Disney animation, as well as expose some things you may not have noticed in the old 2-D animated movies we all grew up with (none of this Shrek bullshit). So, Pluto apparently came along before Goofy and this may be the reason he is just a dog. Goofy was introduced 2 years later as part of Mickey's gang. This later introduction could be the reason for Goofy's human-like characteristics. Why they are both dogs continues to confuse me. Donald duck was introduced in 1934 and he wears a sailor shirt with a hat all the time. Honestly, besides that, I have no freaking clue why he feels the need to flash his junk to everyone during his antics. The female Duck's like Daisy actually have something of an excuse. The bottom halves of their bodies resemble skirts or blouses and as such make sense for female roles in the 30s-present day. Either way, old Walt Disney was a raging anti-Semite so who cares.
Now onto disney movie oddities you may not have known:

Aladdin- Just before the carpet ride, when Raja attacks Aladdin, Aladdin whispers under his breath "teenagers take off your clothes"


           
Lion King- When Simba plops down on a cliff, flower petals fly into the air spelling out T-H-X (the company that did the sound for the film)





The Little Mermaid- On the cover poster of the film, there is quite clearly a phallus in the glistening castle









The Rescuers- During the scene where the two main characters are about to fly off in a sardine-can plane, an image of a topless woman can be seen in the background of the 1977 copy of the film. Disney actually recalled these copies and confirmed the tampering.


















Too lazy to post more but I thought these were the most noteworthy, hope you liked it. Have any you know of?

-Dan

2 comments:

  1. correction it actually says S-F-X in the lion king jawn

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  2. I did not know this about The Rescuers... Wow, that's sick. Silly Disney.

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