“One thing that stood out in the review was Mr. Podhoretz’s slam on Disney movies of that era.”
I know! I’ve never seen the shaggy dog, but I’m sure I’ve seen the absent-minded professor.
As I recall (and I was a little kid, so who knows) Disney was always successful and made movies the whole family could enjoy. I don’t think anybody (Disney included) saw them as works of art, they were just entertainment, which is a fine thing to be quite frankly. That’s the lesson of “Sullivan’s Travels” which, if you’ve never seen it, is a great movie.
Oy, and he seems to take it all soooooo seriously. Very strange.
There is an anti-semetic meme being pushed against Disney in the hollyweird dung heap. I think it is because Diney’s power house status threatens somebody and this is the best they can do to torture the dead.
Frankly I think Marry Poppins the movie is a vast improvement over the dark and dreary books. I also think the meme makes no sense at all given his working collegues and friends.
I DO think it makes sense for them to attack Disney because he was very anti union after he was attacked in california.
Disney World exists because California is stuck on stupid.