It’s surprising how much Disney really owns. It seems like they are slowly taking over, while society is just under the impression that they put out movies and t-shirts with cartoon characters. When only a few large corporations own everything, it isn’t really captatalism, and it will probably be too late by the time one corporation owns everything. It was weird how the man writing about negative effects of Disney was asked if he was afraid to be going up against the corporation and how he got so much negative feedback. It really makes you question what direction we are moving in as a society.
We don’t even give enough attention to Disney’s “innocent” side. Children around the world are completely surrounded by the shows and products they put out. I was really surprised to see the comparison of woman characters throughout their movies. It gives children an unrealistic idea of who women really are. Then again, what it appears some people would prefer from the movies is almost too feminist. The movies shouldn’t suggest that a woman needs a man, but it shouldn’t portray that it’s anti-feminist to be married either. I think we as a society have trouble finding a blance, it’s always one extreme verse another.
It seemed like the kids were clearly getting bad impressions from the movies, like abuse from a boyfriend is okay because in Beauty and the Beast it’s okay. But then again, the movies aren’t the only way the children are learning and I really don’t think it’s going to effect decisions they make later on in life. The movies are only used as entertainment, and therefore they aren’t really taken seriously. Little girls will have that fantasy of being a princess, but I’ve never met a teenager or an adult who is still aspiring to have the same lifestyle as Cinderella.
