My three news sources are Twitter, Steven Colbert and John Stewart. The latter two with no regularity. So when my Twitter feed erupts with responses to a headline, I tend to pay attention. But what I don’t get is the types of headlines people react to. Case in point: Casey Anthony. This has blown up to the point of overshadowing more important concerns. This has prompted me to ponder about… Continue reading
Epic Mickey: Disney’s Dystopia
Author: PriscillaJul 5
I know I’m a little late on the bandwagon, but I finally started playing Epic Mickey last month. This is a Wii-console game (only) about a land constructed by Yin Sid for the forgotten Disney characters. Except that it’s called Epic Mickey and not Disney’s Forgotten Characters. So here’s the plot: Mickey Mouse is playing around in Yin Sid’s lab (an… Continue reading
Filed under: Culture Thinking, Disney, Disneyland, Popular Culture | Tagged as: Dystopia, Epic Mickey, Utopia
Fairy Tales and Utopian Ideals
Author: PriscillaJun 29
There are some scholars that, as much as I would like to try, I just cannot avoid. They are the ones that add conversation and dialogue to my research, taking it to a deeper level. Sure, it would be easy to ignore them, but then I’d be just as shallow a researcher as the Shallow Researcher “archetype” at the core of my academic shadow projections. Today’s unavoidable researcher: Jack Zipes.… Continue reading
Filed under: Culture Thinking, Disney, Fairy Tales | Tagged as: Disney, Disneyfication, fairy tales, Grimmification, Jack Zipes, Utopia
Mickey Mouse is Everyman
Author: PriscillaJan 30
I know you’re probably thinking “B. F. Freakin’ O.” [Brilliant flash of the obvious.] Of course Mickey 
Mouse is Everyman. That’s nothing new. In fact, much of the critical research I’ve been reading since starting this dissertation thingy say the exact same thing—Mickey Mouse is Everyman. Why? Because he plays down-to-earth characters in all of his… Continue reading