Old and new Disney
Wednesday, 16 November, 2005
It's the difference between old Disney and new Disney. In the new Disney films, the villain is plopped down in a puddle of manure, and more lumps of manure falling on his head, and he says: “Curses, curses, curses—I have lost and children are laughing at me.” In the old Disney, the wicked queen in Snow White gets struck by lightning and dies, and that's that. Children's stories didn't use to be so safe and tidy, and I think the best kids' fiction today isn't always safe. And kids aren't stupid—they know the world isn't made of cotton candy. And they tend to have good instincts about what they can handle and what they can't.
(Neil Gaiman, interviewed by Will Christopher Baer [Source])
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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