Walt Disney and the Facsimile of Reality

by J. Richard Singleton

Overview

An essay detailing the benefits and drawbacks of Walt Disney's affect on animation, and childrens' fiction and cinema. The author outlines how Disney the man and the corporation revolutionalized childrens' entertainment and animation, with the unexpected drawback of wounding traditional folk tales and mass-marketing childhood to create a shared experience as consumers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044999114
Publisher:	J. Richard Singleton
Publication date:	02/27/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	87 KB

About the Author

Author, photographer, filmmaker, typer of biographies, J. Richard Singleton has established himself as one of the great thinkers of his but none other's time. In high school, he wrote a little screenplay (okay, it's 134 pages), "Thugs," which was recently declared a finalist in the WriteAmerica.com screenwriting contest. And, of course, he's had numerous irate letters published in The Los Angeles Times. When he isn't writing screenplays, novels and essays, he enjoys drinking whisky and shooting at stray dogs that come onto his property.