Captain Planet - Dorfman and Mattelart

The reading by Dorfman and Mattelart titled " Introduction: Instructions on How to Become a General in the Disneyland Club" was one of the easier readings to comprehend. The topic of Disney is a particularly personal one to me. I wrote my research paper for CMC200 on the topic of Disney, after having taken a class on Religion and Pop Culture which looked at the religion in the world of Disney. It is no doubt that Disney has become a worldwide corporation. As the article states, the public opinion is "the thinking of people who have already been conditioned by the Disney message and have based their social and family life upon it." I have always been a fan of Disney. When i think of my childhood, I can summarize my youth by Disney movies, princess costumes, and trips to the theme parks. With that being said that, I agree with the statements and accusations of the Disney empire. Dorfman and Mattelart state that "adults create for themselves a childhood embodying their own angelical aspirations." Many of the quotes that Dorfman and Mattelart state are surrounded by the idea that audlts have created this utopia of idealistic dreams which is then thrust upon children. Children are then shaped to perceive the world in terms of how Disney has portrayed it... with an angelic view. The world that Disney has made children to believe exists is a false one. The idea of what is real and what isn't is questioned again. Children are made to believe that an idealistic world exists, when it does not.