ESPN12, Dorfman

It seems that if every CMC class I’ve been in so far has critically discussed Disney and this reading was no different. It seems as if Disney is a popular company to be critical of but I guess it is because of its size and impact on children. Dorfman starts by discussing the sheer magnitude of Disney. Today it is a worldwide corporation that has its hand in nearly every type of entertainment available and any kind of merchandise one can think of. When one looks at Dorfmans argument that the animations in movies or comics dose not prepare kids for harsh realities of real life it is important to realize how big Disney really is. The animation of Disney reaches nearly every kid in the world. I know when I think about the movies I grew up on, I always think of Disney movies. Dorfman seems to have a problem with the animation of Disney as she thinks that it does prepare them for real life situations and it is all just a fantasy world. I agree that it doesn’t fulfill what is in the real world. But I question if it is necessarily Disney job. They claim to be a world of magic and escape, not preparing you for the real world. Dorfman states that “children’s comics are devised by adults, whose work is determined and justified by their idea of what a child should be.” Maybe the story’s should be altered a bit to prepare the kids a little better for life, but who else is going to write the stories besides the experienced adults? The problem with adults writing is that they try to remember what child life is like and as they are not the child gets a different sense of reality. Disney should keep the kids in mind because they are such a big company but there needs to be a line drawn somewhere. However, it would be quite interesting to see how kids would develop if comics and animation based on more of a reality of actually life.