tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post3925151770350386118..comments2023-12-18T23:20:31.042-06:00Comments on Scriblerus Club: A Children’s Gothic Adventure 2: A Look at Disney’s 101 Dalmatians.PrisonerNumber6http://www.blogger.com/profile/03156430802462353459noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post-39739032678072651642018-10-15T01:11:11.275-05:002018-10-15T01:11:11.275-05:00This is very fertile ground for blogging, I'd ...This is very fertile ground for blogging, I'd say.<br /><br />A fair lot of Disney's movies could be said to contain scenes that qualify as horror. This is certainly true of his early features -- Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Dumbo -- but it's also true of many of the shorts. Later films, too: the Sleepy Hollow segment of "Ichabod and Mr. Toad" for sure, but Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc., as well. I think it's an essential element of Disney's work as an artist.<br /><br />Of course, it's variable and/or debatable exactly how much of the credit for those various sequences he himself should get direct credit for. Still, the films in which he was personally involved all have a consistency of tone that speaks to a sort of singularity in vision, and if that singularity belongs to anyone, it's to Disney. He had lots of help along the way; but the fact remains that those are HIS movies at least much as they are anyone else's, and probably more.Bryant Burnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189356171455609865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post-74718902443939952142018-10-10T23:10:56.896-05:002018-10-10T23:10:56.896-05:00Also, thanks for pointing out the Zornado text. I&...Also, thanks for pointing out the Zornado text. I'll have to look that one up.PrisonerNumber6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03156430802462353459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post-59699505986214790272018-10-10T23:06:31.648-05:002018-10-10T23:06:31.648-05:00"WITW" is something I'll probably ge..."WITW" is something I'll probably get around to eventually. There are a whole slew of Victorian/Edwardian authors I'd like to write about, and Kenneth Graham is one of them.<br /><br />The trouble is finding the right doorway into the subject. So far, I'm still looking for that particular one that leads to "Willows".PrisonerNumber6https://www.blogger.com/profile/03156430802462353459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917612005522287441.post-52914014706304949602018-10-10T19:38:52.883-05:002018-10-10T19:38:52.883-05:00Good stuff, sir!
I like that first image you chos...Good stuff, sir!<br /><br />I like that first image you chose a heck of a lot. What's it from?<br /><br />I read a very interesting book years back along these lines called INVENTING THE CHILD by Joe Zornado. It's kind of tough to find, but the chapters in there on the darkness in Grimm and Disney were fascinating. <br /><br />Looking forward to reading more. <br /><br />Will you be covering WIND IN THE WILLOWS?B McMolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706178983936146307noreply@blogger.com