Google| Subject | Re: Mickey and Donald (Was Don't aspire to succeed - that right belongs to America alone...[wa Re: O |
| From | Flame of the West |
| Date | 08/15/2004 01:40 (08/14/2004 19:40) |
| Message-ID | <b6OdneVmXqjqP4PcRVn-qg@comcast.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | ?jevind L?ng |
| Followups | ?jevind L?ng (12h & 37m) |
?jevind L?ng wrote:
?jevind L?ngI don't think Americans think much about either one of them. The big Disney characters these days are Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear. Pooh has been the #1 revenue cow for Disney for many years now, and Buzz shows no signs of receding from little-boy radar screens.
Spaking of Donald Duck, a while ago someone told me that Americans like Mickey Mouse but never really cared for Donald; that it is Europeans who love Donald. I can't help wondering why this would be so. Why would Americans love the well-meaning and well-adjusted but ineffectual Mickey, who speaks in a falsetto vocie and never says anything other than exhorations like: "Pluuuto! Stop it!" or "You stupid mutt!" The Europeans show their superior judgment by rooting for the temperamental but dynamic duck, who engages with his surroundings in a much more committed and significant way.
Speaking of which: I wonder if Tolkien was aware of what Disney did to Pooh. I know JRRT disliked Disney's way of depicting things, but the quote I'm thinking of was IIRC from a Letter written in the 1950's, before Disney/Pooh came out.
-- FotW
"I'm not in the book!"
-- Lurtz the Movie Orc (while his head was still attached)
08/15/2004
